make (clothes) smaller | cause to localize at one point |
take into one's family | shrink |
take up mentally | flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching |
fool or hoax | remove the entrails of |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die |
take up as if with a sponge | bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition |
fold up | steep; pass through a strainer |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | make, formulate, or derive in the mind |
accept | select or take in from a given group or region |
take in, also metaphorically | give a description of |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. |
see or watch | choose at random |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | suck in or take (air) |
call for and obtain payment of | make a mark or lines on a surface |
visit for entertainment | move or pull so as to cover or uncover something |
provide with shelter | cause to move by pulling |
suck or take up or in | take in, also metaphorically |
| 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 |