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Meanings of take in in English

Portuguese
absorver
Catalan
absorbir
Spanish
chupar

Take in, also metaphorically.

    Related terms
    absorver
    Spanish
    embaucar

    Fool or hoax.

        embaucar
        Portuguese
        obter
        Catalan
        guanyar
        Spanish
        ganar

        To earn, to gain (money).

            obter
            Portuguese
            tomar
            Catalan
            ingerir
            Spanish
            tomar

            Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.

                tomar
                Usage of take in in English
                1
                The Western Explorerbegan to take in water shortly after 8 a.m. today.
                The Irish Times
                2
                Speaks of the interest the British government people take in their work.
                The new yorker
                3
                Germany needs to take in more refugees, she told a news conference.
                Reuters
                4
                There is simply no way for anyone to take in absolutely everything.
                The Irish Times
                5
                But that did not take in the Other Self in the least.
                The Shield of Silence
                6
                We asked a few questions, but didn't really take in the answers.
                The Irish Times
                7
                The best fun is the baths we take in the mountain streams.
                Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
                8
                Prime Minister Tony Abbott had previously said Australia would take in… Audio
                Radio NZ
                9
                But it would not take in the extreme limits of the corona.
                Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
                10
                The base is made to take in an electric flash lamp battery.
                The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
                11
                The longer I live the more interest I take in my papers.
                The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
                12
                You will inform me of the steps you take in the matter.
                The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 / 1599-1602 ...
                13
                Then he let his eyes take in the contents of the program.
                The Mark of the Beast
                14
                And then too Mrs. Lehntman could not really take in harsh ideas.
                Three Lives / Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle...
                15
                Give the concrete steps you will take in forming the new habit.
                How to Use Your Mind / A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for...
                16
                The time that it will necessarily take in making arrangements for it.
                A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...