take-in
1 of 2noun
ˈtā-ˌkin 
: an act of taking in especially by deceiving
take in
2 of 2verb
took in; taken in; taking in; takes in
transitive verb
1
a
: to receive as a guest or lodger
b
: to give shelter to
c
: to take to a police station as a prisoner
2
: to draw into a smaller compass
take in the slack of a line
: a
: to make (a garment) smaller by enlarging seams or tucks
b
: furl
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
Synonyms
Verb
- bamboozle
- beguile
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- catch
- con
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- fake out
- fool
- gaff
- gammon
- gull
- have
- have on [chiefly British]
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- juggle
- misguide
- misinform
- mislead
- snooker
- snow
- spoof
- string along
- suck in
- sucker
- trick
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Example Sentences
Verb a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company this report takes in all the latest information on the subject
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1778, in the meaning defined above
Verb
circa 1518, in the meaning defined at sense 2
takes in
verb
1
as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tricks
- deceives
- fools
- has on
- kids
- sucks in
- cozens
- pulls one's leg
- teases
- has
- strings along
- suckers
- cons
- misleads
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- does a number on
- puts on
- stings
- gammons
- deludes
- juggles
- gulls
- catches
- dupes
- leads one up the garden path
- bluffs
- hoaxes
- snows
- humbugs
- gaffs
- cheats
- spoofs
- burns
- buffaloes
- misinforms
- beguiles
- fakes out
- leads one down the garden path
- hornswoggles
- misguides
- snookers
- hoodwinks
- bamboozles
- sticks
- swindles
- rooks
- mulcts
- defrauds
- hustles
- flimflams
- chisels
- shortchanges
- skins
- squeezes
- bleeds
- diddles
- fleeces
- euchres
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- undeceives
- shows up
- exposes
- uncovers
- discloses
- tells
- debunks
- unmasks
- divulges
- unveils
- disabuses
- uncloaks
- disillusions
- disenchants
2
as in includes
to have as part of a whole this report takes in all the latest information on the subject Synonyms & Similar Words
- includes
- contains
- involves
- encompasses
- carries
- entails
- numbers
- subsumes
- consists (of)
- comprehends
- comprises
- embraces
- has
- receives
- incorporates
- possesses
- owns
- brackets
- holds
- admits
- forms
- integrates
- embodies
- constitutes
- composes
- makes
- assimilates
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- leaves (out)
- excludes
- prevents
- omits
- precludes
- misses out
- prohibits
- refuses
- denies
- bans
- eliminates
- bars
- rejects
- loses
- excepts
- debars
- mislays
- rules out
- misplaces
3
as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter took in the stray dog Synonyms & Similar Words
- houses
- accommodates
- rooms
- shelters
- lodges
- camps
- boards
- quarters
- chambers
- puts up
- roofs
- bestows
- bunks
- billets
- domiciles
- harbors
- encamps
- bivouacs
- homes
- stables
- tents
- sheds
- barracks
- roosts
- secures
- ensconces
- beds (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ejects
- evicts
- prodelphic
- prodelphous
- prodemocratic
- Prodenia
- prodentine
- Prodi
- prodigal
- prodigal daughter
- prodigal son
- prodigal son/daughter
- prodigalise
- prodigalised
- prodigalises
- prodigalising
- prodigalities
- prodigality
- prodigalize
- prodigalized
- prodigalizes
- prodigalizing
- prodigally
- prodigals
- prodigies
- prodigious
- prodigiously