What is the meaning of take in?

verb

• Provide with shelter.
• Fool or hoax.
  • usage: "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me"
  • synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across
• Suck or take up or in.
  • usage: "A black star absorbs all matter"
  • synonyms: absorb
• Visit for entertainment.
  • usage: "take in the sights"
• Call for and obtain payment of.
  • usage: "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
  • synonyms: collect
• See or watch.
  • usage: "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
  • synonyms: watch, view, see, catch
• Express willingness to have in one's home or environs.
  • usage: "The community warmly received the refugees"
  • synonyms: receive, invite
• Fold up.
  • usage: "take in the sails"
  • synonyms: gather in
• Take up mentally.
  • usage: "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
  • synonyms: absorb, assimilate, ingest
• Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
  • usage: "How much do you make a month in your new job"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5, 000 each month"
  • synonyms: gain, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
• Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
  • usage: "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
  • synonyms: catch, overhear
• Accept.
  • usage: "The cloth takes up the liquid"
  • synonyms: take up
• Take in, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
  • synonyms: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up
• Take up as if with a sponge.
  • synonyms: sop up, suck in, take up
• Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
  • usage: "Have another bowl of chicken soup"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • synonyms: consume, ingest, take, have
• Take into one's family.
  • usage: "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
  • synonyms: adopt
• Make (clothes) smaller.
  • usage: "Please take in this skirt-I've lost weight"