To have or keep within it; to retain (fluid, or the like), so that it does not run out; esp. to contain (with reference to amount or quantity)…

transitive. To include, comprise; to contain; = to take in 5b at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

To take in, receive, contain, hold. Obsolete.

Of a place, etc.: To afford accommodation or room for; to contain, hold. Obsolete.

transitive. To have in it, to hold. (Said of a vessel, a space, or the like.)

Of a space, period, or amount: To take in, contain, comprise, include.

Of things material. To take in within its space; to enclose, to hold. Obsolete.

transitive. To bear (something) inside one's body, or part of one's body. Also: to contain (something).

To take, receive, or put into a house. transitive. In extended use. To enclose in a house-like place or space; to harbour, lodge; (also) to cover…

transitive. Scottish. To hold, contain. Obsolete. rare.

To close in upon, surround; to enclose, take in. Also to include (in one's voyage).

transitive. To harbour within itself.

transitive. To hold within; to contain, enclose.

transitive. Of a place: to constitute a location where (a thing) exists or may exist; to contain, retain, hold. Obsolete. rare.