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As a noun, intake means the place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit. As a verb, it means take in or draw in.
Meanings of intake
12 meaningsnoun
The place where water, air or other fluid 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”
The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
A tract of land enclosed.
UKdialectAny kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Similar: consumption, ingestion, uptakeAn opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
Similar: inletThe act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Similar: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
verb
To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).