intake

[ in-teyk ]

/ ˈɪnˌteɪk /

the 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 intake

First recorded in 1515–25; noun use of verb phrase take in

Similarly, the results of this study should not drastically increase your intake of Indian food.

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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.

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The intake and main road appeared to be blocked from end to end.

A Safety Match |Ian Hay
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.

A Safety Match |Ian Hay
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

intake

/ (ˈɪnˌteɪk) /

a thing or a quantity taken in an 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 narrowing an intake in a garment