intake in English dictionary

  • intake

    Meanings and definitions of "intake"

    • The place where water or air 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; as, the intake of air.
    • An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
    • To take in (in all the senses of the noun).
    • noun
      The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
    • noun
      The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
    • noun
      The quantity taken in.
    • noun
      An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
    • noun
      The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
    • verb
      To take or draw in ( in all the senses of the noun).
    • noun
      an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
    • noun
      the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
    • noun
      the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

    Synonyms of "intake" in English dictionary

    bodily process, uptake, bodily function are the top synonyms of "intake" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of intake

    • intake ( third-person singular simple present intakes, present participle intaking, simple past and past participle intaken)
    • intake ( countable and uncountable;  plural  intakes)
    • intake (countable and uncountable, plural intakes)
    • intake (third-person singular simple present intakes, present participle intaking, simple past intook, past participle intaken)
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