The Clue
Take in, as a stray cat (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ADOPT
Tags
Notes
The answer ADOPT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Assume
Embrace
Espouse
Ratify
Take in
Take in or on
Take on
Begin using
Choose for keeps
Choose, as a policy
Choose and take
Emulate Mia
Opposite of reject
Select and take
Take in a foundling
Take over
Take in or take on
Take in, on or up
Vote to accept
Embrace as one's own
Give a foundling a home
Make one's own
Put into effect
Take as one's own
Take for one's own
Take up, as a cause
One way to enlarge a family
Definition
ADOPT as a verb:
1. (adopt, follow, espouse) = choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
2. (adopt, borrow, take over, take up) = take up and practice as one's own
3. (assume, adopt, take on, take over) = take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
4. (assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take) = take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
5. (adopt, take in) = take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
6. (dramatize, dramatise, adopt) = put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
7. (espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up) = take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"