intakein‧take /ˈɪnteɪk/ noun 
Try to reduce your intake of fat.a high/low intake a high intake of carbohydratesfood/alcohol/calorie etc intake Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.2[countable, uncountable] the number of people who join a school, profession etc at a particular timeintake of an intake of around 120 students each year3[countable] a tube, pipe etc through which air, gas, or liquid enters a machine: a leak on the air intake to the carburettor4intake of breath a sudden act of breathing in, especially when you are shocked
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- air intakes on a jet engine
- Eberson is the intake officer for the prison.
- Pregnant women should reduce their intake of caffeine.
- the yearly intake of students
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a high intake of carbohydrates Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES You should think about reducing your fat intake (=the amount of fat you eat).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a high intake of carbohydrates Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake. (=when you breathe in very quickly and suddenly, especially because you are surprised)· He gave a sharp intake of breath.· His first response was a sharp intake of breath.
(=the amount of calories someone eats)· There are several ways you can reduce your calorie intake.
You should think about reducing your fat intake (=the amount of fat you eat).· Today, the average intake of 20g a day puts us among the lowest fibre-consumers in the world.· Men and girls 12 to 14 years had average intakes falling 7 % to 22 % below the standard.· U.S. citizens score a little higher than we do, with an average intake of 27g daily.· A recent Government survey found that in women, the average intakes of iron from food were below the recommended levels.· This will give you your average daily calorie intake.· A good average intake is about 20g per day.
· The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that stable workers could have been exposed to as much as 190 times the acceptable daily intake.· The panel stressed that these nutrients are important for good health and that a minimum daily intake is important.· Keep a food diary Details of daily nutritional intake are required.· The daily intake should be divided into at least three doses because of the short half-life.· So how do we eat the rest of our daily intake of fat?· The usual daily intake of potassium is 70 to 140 mEq.· It appeared that, in terms of weight, it was roughly the equivalent of an agricultural labourer's daily intake of rice.· It will analyze and graph your daily intake and compare it with the recommended dietary allowances set by the government.
· In addition suboptimal dietary iron intake was found in many of the patients though this was seldom the sole cause for anaemia.· Fifty five patients had dietary intake of iron assessed and data from 47 were evaluable.· One of the preferred methods for estimating usual dietary intakes of individuals is the diet history questionnaire.· Excess dietary energy intake, coffee or tea consumption, wine, beer, spirits or alcohol consumption.· Sulphate concentration in the colon is largely dependent on dietary intake.
· Incontinence is another problem that can begin by excessive alcohol intake.· Being over-generous when pouring one's own is a well documented cause of excessive intake.
· Poly-unsaturated fats should constitute the next largest share of your fat intake, after mono-unsaturated fats.· Getting your diet right Reduce fat intake - to 15% of your diet or less.· So it is also the diet to choose if you have sensibly taken to heart the well-established benefits of reducing fat intake.· Furthermore, dietary manipulation studies have shown that high fat intake can increase faecal bile acid excretion.· These foods will make up the calories they are losing when cutting down on their saturated fat intake.
· You should also establish the patient's usual pattern of fluid intake and output by tactful questioning.· Patients keep daily diaries of fluid intake and voiding.· An accurate record of Mr Reynolds' fluid intake and output was kept.· If age, weakness, or intercurrent illness prevents adequate fluid intake, then severe hypertonicity may result.· Alternatively, all fluid intake and output may be measured and recorded.· It is usual to record the fluid balance so that intake and output and their relationship may be assessed.· He was encouraged to resume a normal fluid intake and not to restrict fluids because his bladder felt uncomfortable.
· Furthermore, dietary manipulation studies have shown that high fat intake can increase faecal bile acid excretion.· Similarly, adaptation to very high intakes requires several days and ample urine flow.· Their bodies seem unable to sense a high intake and continue to manufacture cholesterol in excess of requirements.· A high intake causes rats to develop cancer, with damage to the testes and infections.
· In a peculiar twist, large numbers of Western women mimicked Eastern women in low calorie intake.
· The next examination was scheduled for April, to be followed shortly by a new intake.· The inner gate closed behind the new intake of prisoners.· The University will reach its target of 5000 students next September with the admission of a new intake of 1150 first years.
· I force her skinny little arms into the position I need and ignore the sharp intake of breath.· There was a sharp intake of breath.· Crystal iced spires in twinkling reflection, Sharp intake of breath at such perfection.· There was a sharp intake of breath behind him, and there she stood in the doorway looking at him.· She heard the sharp intake of his breath and desire flared out of control so that, despite herself, she responded.· Inside the room he could distinctly hear his own breathing - the sharp intake of air, followed by the slower exhalation.
· The percentage of mature students in relation to the total undergraduate intake was just over 6%.
NOUN· Having located the air intake manifold we noticed a significant difference between the diagrams in the manuals and our engine.· Ice can crack off into the engine air intakes and cause them to shut down.· Final touches to the tractor included fitting the two original air intakes and filters from the lorry.· Insiders say the front air intake, rounded but not necessarily elliptical, will be below the impact-absorbing front bumper.· The front air intake duct area varies according to the radiator size of each model.· He began hacking at the ice on the gauges and the air intakes.· Original air intakes and filters came from an old lorry.· Ten gallons of water entered the engine room through an air intake, but both engines continued to run normally.
· There are no studies on the acute effect of alcohol intake on gastric acid secretion in chronic alcoholic patients.· Laminin has been related to alcohol intake.· Laminin concentration is also related to alcohol intake.· Age of starting smoking, cigarettes per day and years of abstinence, and regular alcohol intake.· Cumulative alcohol intake certainly plays a role and other environmental factors, in particular nutrition, may also be important.· The increased healing rate in wine drinkers is consistent with other reports that moderate alcohol intake may be harmless or beneficial.· In the cases studied alcohol intake was never higher than 50 g/day.
· Most people try to do this by restricting their calorie intake, usually by cutting it in half.· In a peculiar twist, large numbers of Western women mimicked Eastern women in low calorie intake.· Many are highly adept at adding up their calorie intake.· So this should help you in keeping the calorie intake low.· The serum concentration of IGF-I and growth velocity both improved with increased calorie intake.· So by rationing these foods you cut calorie intake.· Poor souls, all they were doing was cutting calorie intake - the hard way.· You're effectively cheating your body by reducing your calorie intake and your body sends out different responses because it's confused.
· The increase in the serum insulin concentration after steroid treatment may reflect increased energy intake or induction of insulin resistance.· While decreasing your energy intake, you must continue to eat enough essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals and trace elements.· Excess dietary energy intake, coffee or tea consumption, wine, beer, spirits or alcohol consumption.· These changes were accompanied by a greater and more sustained increase in energy intake in the steroid group.
· Those allowing themselves 1,500 calories daily might reach a fibre intake of 50g daily.
· Patients assigned to receive steroids consumed an unrestricted diet and were asked to record their food intake during the first four weeks.· Satiety was increased with a larger bulk of food intake.· This need not mean drastically reducing food intake.· Clearly, a rhythm in food intake might be able to adjust the body clock via several mechanisms.· In addition, these patients usually reduce their food intake when disease flares up.· This type of training is very demanding and rest and food intake are most important.· Use your diary to form a picture of the kind of person you are when it comes to food intake.· It can be produced in sheep by reducing the food intake of ewes in early pregnancy.
· Excessive protein intake can be dangerous, putting stress on the kidneys and causing dehydration.· In extreme conditions where very little carbohydrate or fat is eaten, any protein intake can also be used as fuel.· Protein is so important that nearly all diets, nomatterwhat other failings they may have, emphasize adequate protein intake.· The dietary control of plasma phenylalanine concentrations requires rigorous restriction of natural protein intake, often to less than 6 g per day.· To boost your protein intake, choose lentils, beans and pulses, which are all low in fat too.· Indeed, until relatively recently a healthy food intake was described as one that included quite heavy protein intake.· It is no use stimulating muscle growth if your protein intake is insufficient.
· Mitsubishi already has a robot for cleaning sea water intakes at power stations.· Here again, dilution is impaired, but reduction of water intake below output will lead to a rise in serum tonicity.· They have no specific food requirement and wild rabbits have no significant water intake.· In primary polydipsia, hyponatremia and hypotonicity occur in the face of maximal urinary dilution because water intake simply exceeds water excretion.· Aquasense also monitors the water intake and use of detergent, giving useful energy savings.
VERB· Also, buying canned or frozen food rather than fresh food cuts down our vitamin intake by as much as 25-30 percent.· So by rationing these foods you cut calorie intake.· In order to cut down on salt intake, first remove salt containers from the table.· There is some evidence that salt is bad and many people have cut salt intake in recent years.· She shrank so quickly because she cut her daily calorie intake from more than 5,000 to 2,000.
· When he heard the deep intake of breath, Joe related.· She heard the soft intake of his breath, then he was drawing her down on to the grass.· She heard the sharp intake of his breath and desire flared out of control so that, despite herself, she responded.· As her eyes closed she heard her own swift intake of breath.· Marian heard a quick intake of breath from Allen, the sound a horse makes when it is about to bolt.
· Once you reach your target weight, you can increase your intake up to a maximum of 70 grams a day.· Women may respond to the unpleasant feelings associated with the peak progesterone levels by increasing their caffeine intake.· Finally, causes of increased intake or production of potassium must be considered.· However, on the basis of the findings of this study Universities need not fear increasing their mature student intake.
· However, the objective must be to reduce the intake of all pesticides to the absolute minimum.· They reduced their chemical intake because they now reclaim the metals.· Getting your diet right Reduce fat intake - to 15% of your diet or less.· In addition, these patients usually reduce their food intake when disease flares up.· For the non-obese patients, simply reducing the intake of refined carbohydrate may control the diabetes for a time at least.· It can be produced in sheep by reducing the food intake of ewes in early pregnancy.· You're effectively cheating your body by reducing your calorie intake and your body sends out different responses because it's confused.· If you are the right weight already you could very probably still be healthier if you reduced your intake of saturated fats.
· Most people try to do this by restricting their calorie intake, usually by cutting it in half.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1[singular, uncountable] the amount of food, drink etc that you take into your bodyintake of- All of a sudden, she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors.
- Crystal iced spires in twinkling reflection, Sharp intake of breath at such perfection.
- I force her skinny little arms into the position I need and ignore the sharp intake of breath.
- There was a sharp intake of breath behind him, and there she stood in the doorway looking at him.
- There was a sharp intake of breath.
- Truculently she pushed her hands through the glossy waves and then froze, suddenly aware of Lucenzo's prolonged intake of breath.
- When he heard the deep intake of breath, Joe related.
- Where an intake of breath is not necessarily followed by an exhalation.
Try to reduce your intake of fat.a high/low intake a high intake of carbohydratesfood/alcohol/calorie etc intake Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.2[countable, uncountable] the number of people who join a school, profession etc at a particular timeintake of an intake of around 120 students each year3[countable] a tube, pipe etc through which air, gas, or liquid enters a machine: a leak on the air intake to the carburettor4intake of breath a sudden act of breathing in, especially when you are shocked