intake

Plural: intakes

Noun

• The act of taking in or the quantity taken in.
• the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
• an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
• The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
• The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
• The quantity taken in.
• An act or instance of taking in.
• A nostril, especially a large one.
• The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
• The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
• A tract of land enclosed.
• Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Verb

• To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.

Examples

• an intake of oxygen or food
• His daily INTAKE of new vocabulary words helped him win Words With Friends.
• the intake of air
• the new intake of students

Synonyms

aspiration, breathing in, consumption, ingestion, inhalation, inlet, inspiration, uptake