Usually means: Absorb, understand, or receive something.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word take in:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. take-in, take in: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. take-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. take in: Collins English Dictionary
  4. take-in, take in: Dictionary.com
  5. Take-in: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. take-in: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. take-in, take in: Rhymezone
  8. Take-in, take in: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. take-in, take in: Free Dictionary
  10. take-in, take in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. take-in, take in: Dictionary/thesaurus
  12. take-in, take in: Vocabulary.com
  13. take-in: Wordnik
  14. take-in, take in: Wiktionary
  15. take-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  16. take-in: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take in: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. take in: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Take In, Take In: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See take_ins as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (take in)

verb:  (transitive) To receive.
verb:  (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
verb:  (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
verb:  (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
verb:  (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
verb:  (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
verb:  (transitive) To attend a showing of.
verb:  To deceive; to hoodwink.
verb:  (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
verb:  (obsolete) To subscribe to home delivery of.
verb:  (nautical) To reef.
verb:  (transitive) To arrest (a person).

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