Definitions of take in:

• verb:   visit for entertainment

  Example: "Take in the sights"

• verb:   provide with shelter
• verb:   make (clothes) smaller

  Example: "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

• verb:   take up as if with a sponge
• verb:   fold up

  Example: "Take in the sails"

• verb:   accept
• verb:   hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
• verb:   call for and obtain payment of
• verb:   earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• verb:   suck or take up or in
• verb:   take into one's family
• verb:   express willingness to have in one's home or environs
• verb:   serve oneself to, or consume regularly
• verb:   take up mentally
• verb:   see or watch
• verb:   fool or hoax
• verb:   take in, also metaphorically