take in

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To receive.

   “The company took in more than forty million euros last year.”

2. fiil To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.

   “The news is a lot to take in right now.”

3. fiil To enjoy or appreciate.

   “I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.”

4. fiil To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.

   “take in a stray cat”

5. fiil To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.

   “In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.”

6. fiil To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.

   “Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.”

7. fiil To attend a showing of.

   “take in a show”

8. fiil To deceive; to hoodwink.

   “Their grandma lost thousands of dollars because she was taken in by scammers.”

9. fiil To tighten (a belaying rope).
10. fiil To subscribe to home delivery of.

    “[James Whiteside:] May I ask what newspaper you take in? [John Jolly:] I take in no newspaper. [James Whiteside:] Well, then, what newspapers do you read? [John Jolly:] I am glad to see any of them.”

11. fiil To reef.

    “The second mate holds on to the main top-gallant sail until a heavy sea is shipped, and washes over the forecastle as though the whole ocean had come aboard; when a noise further aft shows that that sail, too, is taking in.”

12. fiil To arrest (a person).

    “The police took in the suspect.”