cause to localize at one point | make (clothes) smaller |
shrink | take into one's family |
flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching | take up mentally |
remove the entrails of | fool or hoax |
reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die | serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition | take up as if with a sponge |
steep; pass through a strainer | fold up |
make, formulate, or derive in the mind | express willingness to have in one's home or environs |
select or take in from a given group or region | accept |
give a description of | take in, also metaphorically |
finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers |
choose at random | see or watch |
suck in or take (air) | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages |
make a mark or lines on a surface | call for and obtain payment of |
move or pull so as to cover or uncover something | visit for entertainment |
cause to move by pulling | provide with shelter |
take in, also metaphorically | suck or take up or in |
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | |
stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | |
pass over, across, or through | |
thread on or as if on a string | |
represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface | |
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | |
engage in drawing | |
write a legal document or paper | |
elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. | |
take liquid out of a container or well | |
bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | |
move or go steadily or gradually | |
to obtain a liquid from somewhere | |
cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | |
get or derive | |
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | |
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | |
allow a draft | |
require a specified depth for floating | |