take in

• POS: Noun Phrase, Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

take in

abbreviate, abridge, absorb, abstract, accept, accouple, accumulate, acquire, admit, adsorb, affect, agglutinate, amass, appear, appreciate, apprehend, arrest, articulate, assemble, assimilate, assister, associate, assume, attend, bamboozle, band, barge in, be admitted, be at, be present at, be with one, beguile, behold, betray, blot, blot up, bluff, bob, boil down, bond, bracket, break in, breeze in, bridge, bridge over, bring, burst in, bust in, cajole, call for, capsulize, capture, carry, catch, catch on, catch sight of, cement, chain, cheat on, chemisorb, chemosorb, circumvent, clap eyes on, clap together, clip, collar, collect, combine, come barging in, come breezing in, come busting in, come by, come in, come in for, come to, compass, complete, comprehend, compress, comprise, concatenate, conceive, condense, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, conjure, connect, consume, contain, contract, copulate, count in, couple, cover, creep in, crop, cross the threshold, crowd in, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, deceive, delude, derive, derive from, descry, devour, diddle, dig, digest, discern, discover, dispatch, dispose of, distinguish, do, dock, double-cross, down, drag down, draw, draw from, drink, drink in, drink up, drop in, dupe, eat up, edge in, elide, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, entail, enter, environ, envisage, epitomize, espy, extend, eye, fathom, fill, fill in, fill out, filter in, flimflam, follow, foreshorten, forestall, four-flush, gain, gain admittance, gammon, gape, gather, get, get an earful, get around, get away with, get down, get hold of, get in, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, give an entree, glimpse, glue, go, go in, go into, go out, go to, grab, grasp, gull, have, have an entree, have an in, have coming in, have in sight, have it taped, hear, hear of, hear tell of, hoax, hocus-pocus, hold, hop in, hornswaggle, humbug, imbibe, immit, implicate, imply, include, incorporate, infiltrate, ingest, insert, intromit, intrude, involve, irrupt, jam in, join, juggle, jump in, ken, knot, know, lay eyes on, lay together, lead to, league, learn, let down, let in, lie, link, look at, look in, look on, look upon, lump together, make out, marry, marshal, mass, master, merge, mobilize, mock, mow, nab, nip, notice, number among, observe, obtain, occupy, ogle, osmose, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overhear, overreach, pack in, pair, perceive, percolate in, pick out, pick up, piece together, pigeon, play one false, poll, pollard, pop in, press in, presume, presuppose, prune, pull down, push in, put away, put in, put something over, put together, put under arrest, range, reach, reach out, read, reap, recap, recapitulate, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, recognize, reduce, require, retrench, roll into one, run, run in, savvy, secure, see, seep in, seize, seize the meaning, sense, set foot in, shave, shear, shorten, show up, sight, sit in, slip in, slurp up, snow, snub, soak in, soak up, solder, sorb, span, splice, sponge, spot, spread, spy, squeeze in, step in, stick together, straddle, stretch, stretch out, string along, stunt, subsume, sum up, summarize, surround, swallow, sweep, swill up, synopsize, take, take down, take into account, take into consideration, take into custody, take on, take over, take prisoner, take up, tape, telescope, throw open to, thrust in, thrust out, tie, trick, trim, truncate, tuck in, turn up, twig, two-time, understand, unify, unite, view, visit, watch, wedge in, weld, witness, work in, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

take in

Composition

VB be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.

Receiving

VB receive, take, acquire, admit, take in, catch, touch, pocket, put into one's pocket, put into one's purse, accept, take off one's hands, be received, come in, come to hand, pass into one's hand, fall into one's hand, go into one's pocket, fall to one's lot, fall to one's share, come to one, fall to one, accrue, have given to one.

Shortness

VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).

Reception

VB give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree, introduce, intromit, usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in, let in, take in, suck in, draw in, readmit, resorb, reabsorb, snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate, engulf, engorge, gulp, eat, drink.

Intelligibility

VB be intelligible, speak for itself, speak volumes, tell its own tale, lie on the surface, render intelligible, popularize, simplify, clear up, elucidate, understand, comprehend, take, take in, catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out, see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way, enter into the ideas of, come to an understanding.

Deception

VB deceive, take in, defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize, abuse, mystify, blind one's eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, throw dust into the eyes, dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle, trick, impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon, snatch a verdict, bluff off, bluff, bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box), circumvent, overreach, outreach, out wit, out maneuver, steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle, entrap, intrap, ensnare, nick, springe, set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for, bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime, trapan, trepan, kidnap, let in, hook in, nousle, nousel, blind a trail, enmesh, immesh, shanghai, catch, catch in a trap, sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity, hum, humbug, gammon, stuff up, sell, play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on, balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale, fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand, make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of, trifle with, cajole, flatter, come over, gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon, dissemble, cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck, live by one's wits, play at hide and seek, obtain money under false pretenses, conjure, juggle, practice chicanery, deacon, play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off, lie, misinform, mislead, betray, be deceived.