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[ in-teyk ] / ˈɪnˌteɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intake ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc. an act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen. something that is taken in. a quantity taken in: an intake of 50 gallons a minute. a narrowing; contraction. Origin of intakeFirst recorded in 1515–25; noun use of verb phrase take in Words nearby intakeinswing, inswinger, int., intact, intaglio, intake, intake manifold, intake valve, Intal, intangible, intarsia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intakeSimilarly, the results of this study should not drastically increase your intake of Indian food. Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.?|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST By law, Social Security will stop paying benefits in excess of its intake as soon as the "trust fund" is exhausted. Our Demographic Decline|Megan McArdle|December 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST When Strauss-Kahn crossed that bridge, he was delivered to Intake—or, as we inmates call it, “the bullpen.” Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island|Joe Halderman|May 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST Her husband takes comfort in the relative peace afforded by an intake of troubled adolescents. The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|February 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The intake and main road appeared to be blocked from end to end. Large lung capacity necessitates a large chamber for the intake and expulsion of air. How to Analyze People on Sight|Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict The tide of battle rolled out of the intake into the cavern formed by the face and its approaches. For we know those senses ought to guard our intake valves, but do not. Invention|Bradley A. Fiske It was as though he were seeking to intake the very dregs of the poison with which the air was laden. The Heart of Unaga|Ridgwell Cullum
British Dictionary definitions for intake
nouna thing or a quantity taken inan intake of students the act of taking in the opening through which fluid enters a duct or channel, esp the air inlet of a jet engine a ventilation shaft in a mine a contraction or narrowingan intake in a garment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intakeabsorption, profit, admission, input, taking in |