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Webster 1913 Edition
Intake
In′takeˊ
,Noun.
1.
The place where water, air, or other substance is taken into a pipe, conduit, or machine; – opposed to
outlet
. 2.
the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3.
The quantity taken in;
as, the
. intake
of airDefinition 2024
intake
intake
English
Noun
intake (countable and uncountable, plural intakes)
- 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.
- the intake of air
- An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
- The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
- the new intake of students
Translations
place where water or air is taken in
the quantity taken in
act of taking in
people taken in at a particular time
Verb
intake (third-person singular simple present intakes, present participle intaking, simple past intook, past participle intaken)
- To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).