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English Dictionary: intake by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intake
n
  1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
    Synonym(s): consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
  2. an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
    Synonym(s): intake, inlet
  3. 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.
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