make (clothes) smaller | suppress or crush completely |
take into one's family | cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid |
take up mentally | reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance |
fool or hoax | satisfy (thirst) |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device |
take up as if with a sponge | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights |
fold up | |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | |
accept | |
take in, also metaphorically | |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | |
see or watch | |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | |
call for and obtain payment of | |
visit for entertainment | |
provide with shelter | |
suck or take up or in | |