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1. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.obsoletetransitive

2. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.Examples: "He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop."obsoletetransitive

1. (in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.Examples: "sing-in, pray-in, hug-in; see also be-in, love-in, sit-in, teach-in."in-compoundsnot-comparable

1. (chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office.Examples: "This memoir has nothing to do with the question between the ins and the outs; it is intended neither to support nor to assail the administration; it is general in its views upon a general and national subject; […]"Antonyms: outin-plural

2. (sports) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.

1. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work.Examples: "Is Mr. Smith in?"not-comparable

2. (not comparable) Located inside something.Examples: "Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in."; "The bullet is about five centimetres in."not-comparable

3. (sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.Examples: "If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in."

4. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.

5. (law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisinExamples: "in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband"

6. (cricket) Currently batting.

1. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of integrase.abbreviationalt-ofuncountable