Function: transitive verb
Date: circa 1515
1 : to draw into a smaller compass < take in the slack of a line>: a : FURL b : to make (a garment) smaller by enlarging seams or tucks
2 a : to receive as a guest or lodger b : to give shelter to c : to take to a police station as a prisoner
3 : to receive as payment or proceeds
4 : to receive (work) into one's house to be done for pay < take in washing>
5 : to encompass within its limits
6 a : to include in an itinerary b : ATTEND < take in a movie>
7 : to receive into the mind : PERCEIVE < took in the view>
8 : DECEIVE , DUPE