v. make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

v. take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

v. take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

v. fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

v. take up as if with a sponge

v. fold up; "take in the sails"

v. express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

v. accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"

v. call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

v. visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"

v. provide with shelter

v. suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"