Meaning

• To absorb or comprehend.

  "I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture."

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

  "take in a stray cat"

• 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."

• To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.

  "Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist."

• To attend a showing of.

  "take in a movie"

• To deceive; to hoodwink.

• To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)

• To subscribe to home delivery of.