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1)provide with shelter
    Synonyms :
    See Also: domiciliate 
 
2)fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
    Synonyms :befool cod dupe fool gull put_on put_one_across put_one_over slang 
    See Also: betray  take-in  dupery  fool  chump  dupe  kid 
 
3)suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
    Synonyms :absorb 
    See Also: absorption  emit  suck 
 
4)visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: see 
 
5)call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
    Synonyms :collect 
    See Also: take  accumulator  farm  raise 
 
6)see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
    Synonyms :catch see view watch 
    See Also: watch  seer  eyeshot  sight  aspect  looker  vigil  see  visualise  spectate  preview 
 
7)express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
    Synonyms :invite receive 
    See Also: invitation  welcome  absorb  see  assume  induct 
 
8)fold up; "take in the sails"
    Synonyms :gather_in 
    See Also: furl  incorporate  coal 
 
9)take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
    Synonyms :absorb assimilate ingest 
    See Also: acquire  acculturation  assimilation  assimilator  absorption  imbibe 
 
10)earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
    Synonyms :bring_in clear earn gain make pull_in realise realize 
    See Also: clear  acquire  earner  gainer  make  eke_out  profit  rake_off  bring_home  rake_in  gross  bear 
 
11)hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
    Synonyms :catch overhear 
    See Also: hear  listen  catch 
 
12)accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
    Synonyms :take_up 
    See Also: have  fuel 
 
13)take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    Synonyms :absorb draw imbibe soak_up sop_up suck suck_up take_up 
    See Also: attract  draw_in  aspirate  drinker  suck  chump  absorption  absorber  mop  blot  sponge_up 
 
14)take up as if with a sponge
    Synonyms :sop_up suck_in take_up 
    See Also: consume 
 
15)serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
    Synonyms :consume have ingest take 
    See Also: sop_up  consumption  consumer  abstain  hit  cannibalise  habituate  eat  eat  drink  booze  partake  eat  fill  sample  smoke  do_drugs  get_down  sup 
 
16)take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
    Synonyms :adopt 
    See Also: take  adoptee  adoption  adopter 
 
17)make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: alter  let_out 
 



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