| Meaning | Provide with shelter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | house, put up, domiciliate | Provide housing for |
| See also | take | receive willingly something given or offered |
| Spanish | acoger, asilar, dar albergue, recibir | |
| Meaning | fool or hoax. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across | |
| Narrower | pull the leg of, kid | tell false / false / false information to for fun |
| Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray | Cause someone to believe an untruth |
| Spanish | confundir, defraudar, embabucar, embaír, embaucar, encandilar, engañar, engatusar, enredar, falsear, timar | |
| Catalan | enredar, entabanar | |
| Nouns | take-in | the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone |
| Meaning | suck or take up or in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | absorb | |
| Narrower | suck, suck in | attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. |
| Opposite | emit, give out, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
| Spanish | absorber, absorver, recibir, tomar para sí | |
| Catalan | absorbir, rebre | |
| Meaning | Visit for entertainment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "take in the sights" | |
| Broader | visit, see | Go to see a place, as for entertainment |
| See also | take | get into one's hands, take physically |
| take | take into one's possession | |
| Meaning | call for and obtain payment of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonym | collect | |
| Narrower | farm | Collect fees or profits / profits |
| raise | Collect funds for a specific purpose | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | acumular, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir | |
| Catalan | acumular, juntar, recopilar, reunir | |
| Meaning | See or watch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue take in the movie | |
| Synonyms | watch, view, see, catch | |
| Narrower | preview | watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public |
| spectate | Be a spectator in a sports event | |
| visualize, visualise | view the outline of by means of an X-ray | |
| Broader | watch | look attentively |
| Similar to | see | perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight |
| Spanish | capturar, mirar, ver | |
| Catalan | capturar, mirar, veure | |
| Meaning | Express willingness to have in one's home / home or environs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot take in Sue | |
| Synonyms | receive, invite | |
| Narrower | absorb | assimilate or take in |
| assume | Take up someone's soul into heaven | |
| induct | Admit as a member | |
| see | Receive as a specified guest | |
| welcome | Receive someone, as into one's house | |
| Spanish | acoger, convidar, invitar, recibir, solicitar | |
| Catalan | convidar, rebre | |
| Meaning | fold up. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "take in the sails" | |
| Synonym | gather in | |
| Narrower | coal | take in coal |
| incorporate | Unite or merge with something already in existence | |
| Broader | roll up, furl | form into a cylinder by rolling |
| See also | take | get into one's hands, take physically |
| Spanish | doblar, guardar, recoger | |
| Meaning | take up mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | absorb, assimilate, ingest | |
| Narrower | imbibe | Receive into the mind and retain |
| Broader | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
| Spanish | absorber, asimilar, digerir, empapar | |
| Catalan | assimilar | |
| Meaning | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They take in the money | |
| Synonyms | gain, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | |
| Narrower | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means |
| gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
| profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
| rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money | |
| rake off | Take money from an illegal transaction | |
| take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage | |
| yield, pay, bear | bring in | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
| net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
| Spanish | adquirir, advertir, clarificar, cobrar, ganar, hacer | |
| Catalan | advertir, clarificar, guanyar | |
| Meaning | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | catch, overhear | |
| Entails | listen | hear with intention |
| Broader | hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense |
| Similar to | catch, get | perceive by hearing |
| Spanish | entender, escuchar, oír por casualidad, oír sin querer | |
| Catalan | aconseguir sentir | |
| Meaning | Accept. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | take up | |
| Narrower | fuel | take in fuel, as of a ship |
| Broader | receive, have | Get something |
| Spanish | abastecer, llenar, recoger | |
| Meaning | take in, also metaphorically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up | |
| Narrower | blot | dry (ink) with blotting paper |
| sponge up | absorb as if with a sponge | |
| wipe up, mop up, mop | To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | |
| Spanish | absorber | |
| Catalan | absorbir | |
| Meaning | take up as if with a sponge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | sop up, suck in, take up | |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| Spanish | absorber, chupar, sorber | |
| Meaning | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They take in more bread | |
| Synonyms | consume, ingest, take, have | |
| Entailed by | board | lodge and take meals (at) |
| digest | convert food into absorbable substances | |
| quench, slake, allay, assuage | satisfy (thirst) | |
| Narrower | cannibalize, cannibalise | Eat human flesh |
| drink, imbibe | take in liquids / liquids | |
| eat | take in solid food | |
| eat | Eat a meal | |
| feed, eat | take in food | |
| hit the bottle, drink, booze, fuddle | consume alcohol | |
| partake, touch | consume | |
| sample, try, try out, taste | Take a sample of | |
| satiate, sate, replete, fill | Fill to satisfaction | |
| sup | Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon | |
| take in, sop up, suck in, take up | take up as if with a sponge | |
| use, habituate | Take or consume (regularly or habitually) | |
| Opposite | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
| Spanish | comer, consumir, ingerir, tomar | |
| Catalan | consumir, ingerir, prendre | |
| Meaning | Take into one's family. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonym | adopt | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | adoptar, ahijar | |
| Catalan | adoptar, afillar | |
| Meaning | make (clothes) smaller. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight" | |
| Broader | change, alter, vary | Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics / characteristics or essence |
| Opposite | let out, widen | make (clothes) larger / larger |
| Spanish | achicarse | |
| Catalan | empetitir, enxiquir | |
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