intake : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intake	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intake n the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) Synonym(s): consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container Synonym(s): intake, inlet the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing Synonym(s): inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intake \In"take`\, n. 1. The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- 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 air.