| 单词 | to take in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take in to take in 1. transitive. To draw or receive in; to take inside or on board; to swallow or inhale; to absorb.intransitive in quot. ?a1600: (of a ship) to let in water, to leak. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > receive as tributary [verb (transitive)] to take inc1330 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in inletc1330 to take inc1330 admit1434 adhibit1542 take1555 to let in1558 to let into1596 intromitc1600 intermit1658 let1706 to sign in1934 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > take in afangc1300 to take inc1330 sup1513 take1555 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)] to suck inc1220 drawa1300 inbreathea1382 to draw ina1398 to take in1495 inhaust1547 fetch1552 fet1556 imbreathe1574 to breathe in1576 attract1582 suck?1614 inspirate1615 imbibe1621 inspire1666 redistend1684 inhale1725 embreathe1867 indraw1883 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > ingest receivec1400 to take in1568 assume1620 ingest1620 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put or take on board put to shippinga1300 ship13.. board1542 emboat1542 embark1550 to get aboard1577 to take in1585 imbarge1604 inship1615 to take on1877 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > leak, of liquid [verb (intransitive)] > let in through a leak leak1513 to take in?a1600 c1330 St. Mary Magdalene (Auch.) l. 336 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 167 Þan miȝt þai for hard nouȝt On non wise graue maken, Hir bodi in for to taken. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6066 (MED) Siþen sal ilk hus in-take A clene he lambe, wit-vten sake. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 4 It takes in to him xl. oþer ryuers. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. ii. sig. niv/2 Full of holys to take in ayre. 1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. f. 163v For a litel pleasure, & delight, wee take in the sweete tast of those deinty meates. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. x. f. 12v We took in fresh water out of a wel. ?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. Pref. 350 He lattis his scheip tak in at luife and lie. 1637 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. (new ed.) i. 547 The River Trent..taking in the River Soure from the field of Leicester. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Kkkk3/2 La teinture penetre les draps, cloth takes in the dye. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xxiv. 102 Have some winter Boots made of it, they'le never take in a drop of Water. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. v. 103 The first of these takes in their Nourishment by their external..Absorbent Vessels. 1777 A. Hamilton Let. 6 July in Papers (1961) I. 282 The Ships are taking in water and provisions for two months. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 67 Having discharged her cargo and taken in ballast. 1892 Harper's Mag. Sept. 596/2 It..readily takes in and yields moisture. 1907 B. P. Colton Physiol. vi. 97 The amount of air taken in at an ordinary breath is from 20 to 30 cubic inches. 1975 J. McPhee Survival of Bark Canoe i. 93 His canoe is showing trouble—taking in more water than before. 1998 H. Mulkerns in S. Champion & D. Scannell Shenanigans (1999) vii. 127 I rush out to the washing line to take in the damned sheets. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] i-lecchec1000 fang1016 hentOE takeOE alatchlOE catchc1275 wina1300 to take ina1387 attain1393 geta1400 overhent?a1400 restay?a1400 seizea1400 tachec1400 arrest1481 carrya1500 collara1535 snap1568 overgo1581 surprise1592 nibble1608 incaptivate1611 nicka1640 cop1704 chop1726 nail1735 to give a person the foot1767 capture1796 hooka1800 sniba1801 net1803 nib1819 prehend1831 corral1860 rope1877 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 285 [Leo] wente to Seynt Peter..wiþ þe letayne, and was i-take in, [and] his eyȝen i-put out, and his tonge i-kut of. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlix. 1 Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in? 1600 C. Edmondes Obseruations Fiue Bks. Caesars Comm. xv. 38 Caesar..made al the haste he could to take in the towne, & left a strong garrison in the same. 1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus v. 109 His Majesty took in Raskaw, a Considerable place on the Deinster. 1713 H. Felton Diss. Reading Classics 13 Open Places are easily taken in. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier i. 112 The Army having left the Siege of Ingolstat, proceeds to take in the rest of Bavaria. 3. transitive. a. To receive as an ally, colleague, pupil, etc.; to employ the services of; to engage, take on. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > receive or accept as or into some relation takea1225 to take in1432 have1833 1432 in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 35 It is agreed, so that he take in noon of the iiij. knightes ne squyers..without th'advis of my Lord of Bedford. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xi. f. 35 These three are accounted to bee of greater birth then wisedome taken in..rather to furnish the place with their honours and presence, then with their aduise or counsell. 1602 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 214 By the generall aduice of the Counsell, I tooke in Turlogh mac Henry. 1606 J. Marston Wonder of Women ii. i. sig. C Her father..on suddain shall take in Revolted Syphax. 1715 J. Barker Exilius ii. i. 11 They were willing to take me in as a Probationer, in order to become one of their holy Fraternity. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand i. iii. 13 For 500 l. I am to be taken in, as a sleeping partner. 1898 Outlook 1 Jan. 16/1 The proposal is..to take in an apprentice who has already a claim on our consideration. 1905 Imperial & Asiatic Q. Rev. 20 145 Anyone possessing the slightest knowledge of the language at once sets up an establishment and takes in pupils. 1954 N.Y. Times 16 Dec. 39/1 [They] expanded this year and took in another partner. 2004 P. Biskind Down & Dirty Pictures i. 53 The brothers..preferred to hire young and hire cheap, took in kids off the street or just out of college. b. To admit (esp. a person in difficulties) into one's home for an extended period of time; to receive as a lodger, guest, patient, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in > let in a person to let inc1000 receivea1382 to take inc1450 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 23 (MED) Þis Abbot forgaff hur..& tuke hur in & garte putt hur vnto al maner of vile occupasions. 1539 Bible (Great) Matt. xxv. 35 I was herbourlesse, and ye toke me in [ Wyclif herboriden me: Tindale, Geneva, lodged me]. 1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1882) 47 231 Hospitalles..then the poore souldior..shoulde be taken yn, cured,..and healed. 1653 J. Lee Considerations Common Fields iv. 9 I would have them left to the owners discretion, when they..imploy them otherwise, or to take in new Tenants, if they see good. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i. 48 Why stand thy..Doors still open, To take the Wretched in? 1781 T. Pasley Jrnl. 18 Aug. in Private Sea Jrnls. (1931) 181 Here, at the Cape, they all take in Lodgers. 1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 265 Invalid horses are taken in..and treated at the hospital. 1879 E. S. Phelps Sealed Orders 340 And he could n't stir nor change her. And she took me in. 1916 W. Hewlett Introducing William Allison iv. 41 Finding her husband's stipend incommensurate with their joint requirements, she supplemented it by taking in paying guests. 1951 Math. Teacher 44 69/2 John and Dorothea..already had five children of their own when they took in the homeless baby. 1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) x. 315 Digvijay's wife had found the servant living on the streets many years ago and had taken him in. He was now fiercely loyal to her. 2003 B. Wagner Still Holding ii. 148 Viv..does this maternal thing where she likes to take in sick puppies. c. To lead or conduct into a building or room. In later use: spec. (of a man) to escort (a female guest) into dinner (now archaic). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > bring in > a person into a house, room, or vessel admit1434 showc1450 to take in?a1475 enter1523 inducea1535 to show ina1640 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > take (a lady) to dinner to take down1834 to take out1853 to take in1863 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 252 Take hym in, serys, be þe honde. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. xii f. xvv Pharaos lordes sawe hir also, and praysed hir vnto Pharao: So that she was taken in to Pharaos house. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. H7v Others.., hauing beene..deposed vppon a booke to put away their whores, haue put them foorth at one doore, and taken them in at the other. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. E When you might better haue done it, at the gate, To take me in at the casement. View more context for this quotation 1684 E. Ravenscroft Dame Dobson iii. iii. 28 She took me in to show me her Closet, otherwise I had been gone and mist seeing you. 1770 Proc. Old Bailey 30 June 216/1 I took her in at half an hour after ten at night to my room; she left me about three in the morning. 1794 J. Ritson Scotish Song I. xxxvi. 268 She took me in, and set me down, and heght to keep me lawing free. 1863 A. J. Munby Diary 3 June in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 165 The new Lord of the Admiralty..and his wife: whom I took in to supper. 1887 M. Monkswell Jrnl. 25 May in Victorian Diarist (1944) 132 We dined with the Dean [of Hereford] that very evening. He took me in. 1907 Secret Service 25 Oct. 27/2 Of course the dinner is given for Miss Purdy, but I can't let you take her in, because you never will take the trouble to be agreeable except to a pretty woman. 1991 New Internationalist Mar. 29/1 Jeanie, my Inuit host and guide, took me in to meet the family. 1995 A. McCall Smith Heavenly Date 87 He followed her..to the spare bedroom. Mutely, she took him in and closed the door behind them. d. colloquial (originally U.S.). Of a police officer: to take (a person) into custody, to arrest. Cf. to pull in at pull v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 1878 W. E. Barnes Serpent & Dove (Reader's Coll., Copyright Office Drama Deposits, 1863–1928, Libr. of Congress) iv. ii. 21 I remember vonce I got me arrested in dot New York—I vos drunk und dot cop took me in—dey searched me. 1900 Secret Service 20 July 25/1 Take him in. He's a murderer! 1972 ‘F. W. Dixon’ Sinister Signpost xi. 83 ‘I'm taking you in!’ the officer declared. Tempson turned pale. ‘You—you can't arrest me!’ he stammered. ‘I ain't done nothing!’ 1979 J. van de Wetering Maine Massacre iii. 26 You're not taking me in, sheriff. 2009 R. Dasgupta Solo 52 The police took him in and strangled him in a basement. 4. transitive. a. Nautical. To roll up, or otherwise manipulate (a section of sail) so as to reduce the area exposed to the wind; = reef v.1 1a. Also: to furl (a sail). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > reduce sail by reefing to take in?1518 reef1670 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Mayne corse toke in a refe byforce. 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya 14 Some of the Shippes..did take in their Sayles, and there lay adrift. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 153 But I must contract my selfe, and take in this saile of speech. 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 162 To take in Cloth, and in a word, Unlade, and cut the Mast by bord. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 107 I wore after her, and came as near as I could to 'em, expecting when they had gotten their Main-Sail stow'd they would take another Reef in. 1782 W. Cowper tr. Horace in Poems 334 If Fortune fill thy sail..Take half thy canvass in. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VII. 338/1 Those on board a ship that take in the top-sails..bowse, trice, and take their turn at the helm. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. i. ix. 46 (heading) Making and taking in sail. 1874 Shipwrecked Mariner Jan. 55/1 The crew were so exhausted..that they were unable to take in canvas when she approached the harbour. 1951 Rudder Jan. 84/1 On the last leg there was a thunder squall with rain and both yachts took in some sail. 2002 G. Bernardin Sailing around World i. ii. 11 We then had to take in a reef to reduce the amount of sail. b. To reduce the size or extent of; esp. to alter (a garment) so as to make it fit more closely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] thinc900 narroweOE smalleOE slakea1300 adminisha1325 minisha1382 reduce?c1400 diminish1417 littlea1500 extenuate1555 enstraiten1590 scantle1596 scant1599 bedwarfa1631 epitomize1630 dwarf1638 retrench1640 stunt1659 to take in1700 belittle1785 dwarfify1816 reduct1819 micrify1836 clip1858 downsize1977 1700 B. H. Fables Young Aesop (ed. 4) 39 We take in our Belts a Hole every time we go to Stool. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ix. 87 Strapping a buckle here, and taking in a link there. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xliii. 391 Sure every one of me frocks must be taken in—it's such a skeleton I'm growing. 1897 Outing 30 255/1 Take in leaders when about a team's length from corner; then take in wheelers a bit. 1920 F. Villiers Villiers: his Five Decades of Adventure I. xiv. 263 I give my pony a drink of water, lit my pipe, took in my belt an inch or two, and set my face desertward. 1971 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 29 May b6/1 Once I lost 30 pounds and expected my life to change magically. All that happened was that I had to take in all my dresses. 2007 D. Rupp S.E.W.: Sew Everything Workshop 4 I'd move hems, repair seams, take in waistlines (or bustlines, sigh). 5. transitive. a. To take (land) into possession; to enclose (common land or wasteland) for cultivation, grazing, etc.; to annex. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] take?a1160 seizec1290 raima1325 to take in possessiona1325 to hent in (also upon) handa1350 occupya1382 to take possession?a1425 to take upc1425 uptakec1425 to take in1523 possess1526 master1826 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > lay out land [verb (transitive)] > enclose land > enclose land enclose1503 to take in1523 impasture1649 paddock1873 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] begoc890 workOE tillc1200 exercise1382 dightc1400 labourc1400 manure1416 cultive?1483 tilth1496 culture1510 trim1517 dress1526 subdue1535 toil1552 use1558 farm1570 cultivate1588 tame1601 husbandize1625 culturate1631 to take in1845 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > annex annex1449 adject?a1475 to eat up1616 to take in1893 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng viii. f. viiiv To take in newe intackes or closes out of the commens, payeng to their lordes more rent therfore. c1539 in G. J. Aungier Syon Mon. (1840) 131 To dyche in and take in our comyn. 1633 G. Herbert Sunday in Temple vi Christ hath took in this piece of ground, And made a garden there. 1697 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 288 Others have a design to take in some Commons near Mosse Lake. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 171 Every Plantation had a great Addition of Land to take in, if they found Occasion. 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 301 Numerous waste patches along the sides of wide roads have been taken in. 1893 National Observer 5 Aug. 290/2 France is determined to take in all Siam. 1897 Windsor Mag. Jan. 278/1 A new alcove [has been] formed by taking in one of the..landings. 1914 Pop. Sci. Oct. 378 The process of taking in the waste lands stopped, and much of the land already farmed fell back from arable to cheaper pasture. 1948 Manch. Guardian 2 Apr. 6/3 An extension of the area used for war-time training by taking in land on the seaward side of the Scarborough–Whitby main road. 2010 A. Castle John Muir Trail (rev. ed.) 24/1 In 1940 General Grant National Park took in land around the South Fork Kings river. b. To include, comprise, embrace. Also: to take into account or consideration. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > incorporate or include [verb (transitive)] beclipc1230 beshut1340 contain1340 comprehendc1374 continue1377 begripe1393 close1393 incorpor1398 conceive?c1400 includec1475 engrossa1500 complect1523 conclude?1523 employ1528 to take in1534 retain1577 surmise1578 imprehend1590 immerse1605 comprise1651 involve1651 complexa1657 embrace1697 incorporate1824 embody1847 cover1868 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede ii. f. 31 This same faythe, by the spirite of Christe, doth make vs to be chosen and taken into the noumbre of the sonnes of god. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Iiv Take into this numbre also their seruauntes. 1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes iii. 23 He..hath taken in all the antient Church-writers into his catalogue. 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *2 Virgil was a great Mathematician, which, in the Sense of those times, took in Astrology. 1742 D. Hume Ess. Moral & Polit. II. ii. 18 In the former Case, many Circumstances must be taken in. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 712 Writers who..did not understand that his jurisdiction took in Kent. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. iii. 55 Attention will be concentrated on the four subjects taken in. 1916 Printers' Ink 16 Oct. 121/2 The catalogue, taking in a limited line, has been relatively small. 1960 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. 20/6 Mr. Warren's repertory took in all of the leading roles in the Verdi operas. 2012 M. Van Dussen From Eng. to Bohemia 5 Part of my discussion takes in diplomatic correspondence and otherwise official modes of communication. c. Chiefly North American. To visit or attend as part of a trip; to include in an itinerary; to go to see. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > visit a place > in the course of travel to fetch in1565 to take in1622 dropa1634 stop1905 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 99 Then Tetta in we take, at Winburne on our way. 1755 S. Curwen Jrnl. 12 June in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1916) 52 80 In our way by the Skuylkill rd took in ye proprs Gardens. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad iii. 42 An owl that come from Nova Scotia..took this thing in on his way back. 1883 E. M. Bacon Dict. Boston, Mass. 359 The out-of-towner who fails to take-in a trip to Taft's. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall 26 He might pick up Matheson or Hooper and take in a movie. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 32 (advt.) Even take in breakfast at Le Drugstore..and head home again on the return flight. 1977 D. Bagley Enemy i. 12 We took in more theatres, an opera, a couple of ballets. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxviii. 232 We could buy a camper van and tour the continent taking in the sights. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 1595 T. I. World of Wonders sig. E4v The fellow left not till he saw the hare take in at one mother Atkins house, knowen to be a notorious witch. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 88 Taking in at a Cooks shop where he supt. 1677 Mr. Johnson Let. 16 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 127 Great shoals of salmon, which often take in at the mouths of our rivers. 1760 London Mag. Aug. 436/1 He took in at the back door of one Mr. Squires, for protection, but was soon discovered. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] seeOE drawc1275 mella1300 meeta1325 fellow1340 usec1384 conjoinc1386 joinc1390 knitc1400 accompany1461 enfellowship1470 frequent1477 haunt1477 mixa1513 encompanya1533 combinea1535 contract1548 to take with ——1562 associate1581 to have a saying toa1593 cope1594 sort1594 to take in1597 consort1600 herd1606 factionate1611 to keep company (with)a1616 accost1633 solder1641 converse1649 walk1650 consociate1653 coalite1734 to get with ——a1772 forgather1786 unionize1810 to go rounda1867 to mix in1870 cop1940 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with favoura1375 to stand with ——1384 takec1400 to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 to stick with ——1523 partake1546 follow1548 to join issue1551 to make with ——1559 favourize1585 side1585 party1587 to take in1597 part1669 to fall in1709 to take for ——1770 to take up for1824 range1874 1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 11v It is commonly seene that men once placed, take in with the contrarie faction to that by which they enter. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 27 Justinian many yeares after, tooke in with Hippocrates and reversed the Decree. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 83 Kings doubting to loose their game, tooke in with the weaker. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 3 If he had acted in these mens measures, and betraying his master, took in with them. 8. transitive. a. To perceive by sight, esp. with one glance; to notice, observe. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive [verb (transitive)] acknowOE keepc1000 feelOE findOE seeOE yknowc1275 apperceivec1300 descrivec1300 knowc1300 perceivec1330 taste1340 tellc1390 catcha1398 scenta1398 devisea1400 kena1400 concernc1425 descrya1450 henta1450 apprehend1577 scerne1590 to take in1637 discreevec1650 recognize1795 absorb1840 embrace1852 cognizea1856 cognosce1874 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > glance at > perceive at a glance to take in1637 with half an eye1651 1637 J. Shirley Young Admirall iv. sig. H4v She may deserve it by this story, tis Her character, my eyes, take in new horrour. (he reades). 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Eye The eye is placed chiefly to look forwards; but withal so order'd, as to take in nearly the Hemisphere before it. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iv. 192 The Major was holding the hand of Camilla, and his eye could take in no more. 1831 Metropolitan 1 187 The eagle's vision cannot take it in. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 583/2 We..turned our heads from side to side,..the better to take in the full force of the effect. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. vii. 437 Her glassy eye took in the fact that Fred was playing from memory. 1991 J. Keenan Putting on Ritz (1992) ii. 21 His eyes, which were cornflower blue, took in the scene. 2005 T. Umrigar Space between Us (2007) iv. 31 She took in his clean fingernails.., the well-trimmed hair. b. To assimilate into one's own knowledge; to comprehend, understand, grasp. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] yknoweOE acknowOE anyeteOE latchc1000 undernimc1000 understandc1000 underyetec1000 afindOE knowOE seeOE onfangc1175 takec1175 underfindc1200 underfonga1300 undertakea1300 kenc1330 gripea1340 comprehend1340 comprendc1374 espyc1374 perceivea1387 to take for ——?1387 catcha1398 conceivea1398 intenda1400 overtakea1400 tenda1400 havec1405 henta1450 comprise1477 skilla1500 brook1548 apprend1567 compass1576 perstanda1577 endue1590 sound1592 engrasp1593 in1603 fathom1611 resent1614 receivea1616 to take up1617 apprehend1631 to take in1646 grasp1680 understumblec1681 forstand1682 savvy1686 overstand1699 uptake1726 nouse1779 twig1815 undercumstand1824 absorb1840 sense1844 undercumstumble1854 seize1855 intelligize1865 dig1935 read1956 1646 J. Saltmarsh Smoke in Temple 69 Men, who take in Truths by spiritual reasoning as well as revelation. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 12 A created Understanding can never take in the fulness of the Divine Excellencies. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xiii. 18–19 By not understanding is meant also, Not considering it to take it in. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 79. ⁋5 There is no end of Affection taken in at the Eyes only. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. iv. 202 O, I take in the full force of your metaphor! 1810 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 16 She plays..on the pianoforte, and takes in science kindly from Mr. Smart. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks III. li. 140 Sluggish minds..require time to take in new notions. 1902 W. B. Yeats Let. 24 Mar. (1994) III. 164 I know you told me about it but I did not take it in. 1946 Eng. Jrnl. 35 542/1 Each student while he is learning is not merely taking in information; he himself is growing. 1982 Observer 23 Feb. 33/7 I wonder if they took in the full significance of the message. 2007 G. Woodward Curious Earth xxii. 225 She explained so quickly that Aldous couldn't take any of it in. c. colloquial. To believe or accept unquestioningly. Cf. swallow v. 5b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > bring to belief, convince [verb (transitive)] > be convinced, swallow feela1200 to take on trust1590 swallow1594 to take up1617 to take upon content1646 to take in1823 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 169 ‘I cannot take it in’—not swallow a lie. 1864 Spectator 4 June 640/1 The undergraduates took it all in, and cheered Lord Robert Cecil as their future representative with all the flaming Toryism of boyhood. 1888 B. L. Farjeon Miser Farebrother II. xiii. 169 Jeremiah listened and took it all in. 1905 Broadway Mag. Apr. 61/2 Some read it [sc. a newspaper made up of stories from Shakespeare] and took it in without question. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 184 You could kid those Pongos up a gum tree. Told them I had a big cattle ranch back in Enzed. Told them me mother had the Shacklock Range and they took it all in. 2005 R. Lanning Invisible Fog 70 We all knew it was bullshit except Frank who was taking it all in. 9. transitive. a. To receive in payment. Also: to make (a sum of money). ΚΠ 1642 True Relation Passages Town of Portsmouth 7 The man appointed by his Majestie to take in money and plate on his Majesties behalfe. 1699 E. Millington Bibliotheca Skinneriana & Hampdeniana sig. A2v Subscriptions are taken in by John Hartley, over-against Gray's-Inn in Holborn. 1721 Acts Parl. Building Fifty New Churches Contents sig. N3v Receivers may take in Money before they receive their Books. 1755 G. A. Stevens Birth-day of Folly 4 He..has taken in subscription-money for a translation of Plautus into English. 1892 Idler June 547 He was taking in more money than he had ever taken in before. 1907 N.Y. Evening Post (Semi-weekly ed.) 11 Feb. 4 A company..will take in exactly as much money if the whole lot pay fare at two cents flat. 1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 13 Cabaret starred Liza Minelli and was a big hit. Fiddler on the Roof starred Topol and took in twice as much money. 2006 Indianapolis Star 25 Aug. (State ed.) a12/4 The IRS..took in $990,249,000,000 in 2005 personal income taxes. b. To support oneself by doing (another's washing, sewing, ironing, etc.) in one's home as a paid service.to take in one another's washing: see washing n. 8a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > undertake work at home to take in1668 1668 J. Jackson Index Biblicus sig. C/1 (heading) Tobit leaveth his meat to bury the dead, and becometh blinde. His wife taketh in work to get her living. 1750 Proc. King's Comm. of Peace 116/1 I take in washing; I lost these three gowns on the 28th of June out of my ground. 1771 A. Wall Life of Lamenther v. 175 I asked what I was to do for a Living, and received for Answer, I must take in plain Work. 1832 Examiner 403/1 She took in washing only for her amusement. 1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize II. xii. 209 We supported ourselves..by taking in plain needle-work. 1922 Ohio Bull. Charities & Correction Dec. 86 She..lived there earning a rather uncertain livelihood by taking in mending and plain sewing. 1994 Jrnl. Canad. Hist. Assoc. 71 Women could often earn cash selling baskets, taking in laundry, or ‘working out’ as domestics. 2011 F. Kuffel Eating Ice-cream with my Dog 87 To make a narrow income go further, Ida took in ironing at a dollar an hour. c. To regularly buy or subscribe to (a particular newspaper or periodical); = sense 42c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > buy regularly take1593 to take in1708 1708 Brit. Apollo 26–31 Mar. This Paper is taken in by many more People of Quality than any other. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 488. ¶2 Their Father having refused to take in the Spectator. 1779 Mirror No. 2. ⁋3 A coffee-house, where it is..taken in for the use of the customers. 1820 Brit. Critic Nov. 546 There is a more certain market for jacobinism and infidelity..among those who can afford to take in newspapers and subscribe to magazines. 1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 150 704/1 Many of them take in the French paper just as they buy ‘Punch’. 1914 in P. Farrer Confidential Corr. on Cross Dressing (1997) I. 76 I have taken in ‘New Fun’ for over two years, and I think the Correspondence Page the best feature in the paper. 1955 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 6 42 Twenty-five of the sample took in newspapers or magazines in the English language. 2002 P. D. G. Thomas George III i. 17 It was the practice of taverns and coffee-houses to take in newspapers for the benefit of their customers. 10. transitive. Stock Market. To accept (stocks or shares) as security for a loan; (of a seller) to receive contango (contango n.) on (stocks or shares). Opposed to to give on 2 at give v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 1721 Hist. Reg. No. 24. 279 He does not remember he did sell or take in any Stock for any Person in the Administration. 1832 Rep. Comm. Secrecy Bank of Eng. Charter 154 in Parl. Papers 1831–2 (H. C. 722) VI. 1 We lent it by every possible means, and in modes that we never had adopted before; we took in stock as security, we purchased exchequer bills, [etc.]. 1875 Bankers' Mag. May 365 If the bargain is a sale, the stock is said to be ‘taken in’, and if the bargain is a purchase the stock is said to be ‘given on’. 1893 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. (rev. ed.) 292 The term [sc. ‘taken in stock’] is applied solely to stocks taken in for fortnightly or monthly loans on the Stock Exchange. 1912 Q. Rev. July 102 The dealer says that he will ‘take them in’, which means that he will lend the money until the settlement following that for which the original bargain was effected. 1934 F. E. Armstrong Bk. Stock Exchange vi. 108 When no ‘takers’ can be found someone has to provide the cash, and firms known as money brokers frequently agree to ‘take in’ the securities purely as a money-lending proposition. 1955 Beginners, Please (Investors' Chron.) ii. 44 In normal market conditions it is probably easier to ‘take-in’ shares, i.e., carry over a sale to the next settlement, than to ‘give on’ shares, i.e., carry over a purchase. This is because generally there are more bulls than bears. Under such conditions the ‘giver’ pays a rate of interest to the ‘taker’ for the accommodation provided. 11. transitive. colloquial. To deceive, fool, trick. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)] aschrenchc885 blendc888 swikec950 belirtOE beswike971 blencha1000 blenka1000 belieOE becatchc1175 trokec1175 beguile?c1225 biwrench?c1225 guile?c1225 trechec1230 unordainc1300 blink1303 deceivec1320 feintc1330 trechetc1330 misusea1382 blind1382 forgo1382 beglose1393 troil1393 turnc1405 lirt?a1425 abuse?a1439 ludify1447 amuse1480 wilec1480 trump1487 delude?a1505 sile1508 betrumpa1522 blear1530 aveugle1543 mislippen1552 pot1560 disglose1565 oversile1568 blaze1570 blirre1570 bleck1573 overtake1581 fail1590 bafflea1592 blanch1592 geck?a1600 hallucinate1604 hoodwink1610 intrigue1612 guggle1617 nigglea1625 nose-wipe1628 cog1629 cheat1637 flam1637 nurse1639 jilt1660 top1663 chaldese1664 bilk1672 bejuggle1680 nuzzlec1680 snub1694 bite1709 nebus1712 fugle1719 to take in1740 have?1780 quirk1791 rum1812 rattlesnake1818 chicane1835 to suck in1842 mogue1854 blinker1865 to have on1867 mag1869 sleight1876 bumfuzzle1878 swop1890 wool1890 spruce1917 jive1928 shit1934 smokescreen1950 dick1964 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 130 The Griparts were never taken in yet, and what's more, never will. 1745 H. Fielding True Patriot 31 Dec. 1/3 They are fairly taken in, and imposed upon to believe we have..as much Money as ever. 1754 E. Moor in World No. 96. III. 234 I am almost of opinion that (in the fashionable phrase) he is ‘taking me in’. 1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 209 Nobody shall ever take me in again to do such an absurd and wicked thing. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 473 The Plaintiff has..been taken in and misled. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness viii. 165 I'd been taken in, you see—made a fool of by a common sharper. 1989 A. Stevenson Better Flame vii. 142 She is shown as delighting in duplicity, Having people on, taking them in, putting them off. 2002 N. Nicolson Fanny Burney i. 11 Johnson was not a man to be taken in by an ambitious scamp. 12. transitive. Cards. To add (a card) to one's hand from the pack. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics to hold up?1499 decardc1555 to turn up1580 discard1591 pulla1625 to sit out1659 face1674 to make out1680 to lay out1687 to throw away1707 lead1739 weaken1742 carry1744 to take in1744 force1746 to show down1768 throw1866 blank1884 block1884 cover1885 unblock1885 pitch1890 1744 E. Hoyle Short Treat. Game Piquet ii. 21 By taking in the Ace of Diamonds you have seven Tricks certain, which cannot happen by taking in the King of Clubs. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 69 The holder of the ace of trumps ruffed, i.e. he put out four cards and took in the stock. 1891 Field 28 Nov. 843/1 If the non-dealer takes in the king, he ought..to lead it. 1962 Washington Post 16 Jan. b17/4 East took in the ace and returned a diamond. 2010 N. Monaghan Starfishing 157 The way their eyes widen slightly..as they take in decent cards. 13. intransitive. North American regional and Scottish. Esp. of a school: to open, begin, start; = to take up 4d at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > begin [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 comsea1225 gin?c1225 becomsea1375 commencec1380 to take beginninga1400 enterc1425 to start up1568 initiatea1618 inchoate1654 dawn1716 to take in1845 to take up1846 to set in1848 1845 D. Powers Gram. on Entirely New Syst. 73 The school takes in at one o'clock. I cannot tarry longer for the bell is ringing. 1853 Bizarre 3 Dec. 143/1 The phrase, ‘takes in’, so common at the South, as, for instance, ‘Church takes in at 11 o'clock’; ‘school takes in at 9’, is neither more nor less than a literal translation of the Latin, incipit. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xx. 162 She could hardly wait for school to ‘take in’. 1889 J. Wright Janet Hamilton 47 The church takes in at ‘twal' hoors’. 1942 Post (Morgantown, W. Va.) 14 Sept. 4 An obligation..upon drivers to be careful of children, esp. in the hours that school takes in and lets out. 1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia iii. 99 One girl turned to me and declared she had seen him with it before school took in. 1996 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 29 Mar. a8/2 No marchers had assembled when school took in this morning. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > offer a subject to take in1848 1848 Reply Suggestions Improvem. Exam. Statute 14 They gave indeed six Greek and Latin authors instead of the nine usually taken in by candidates for the first honours. 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University I. 188 A student sends in a list of the books, i. e. authors on which he will be examined—twelve I have understood to be a sufficient number for a First Class, though of course it is possible to take in more than this and only get a third. a1890 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) I. 20 The poets and historians who, at that time, were taken in by candidates for Classical Honours at Oxford. < as lemmas |
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