• Intake

    Origin

    From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to - + take. More at in-, take.

    Full definition of intake

    Noun

    intake

    (countable and uncountable; plural intakes)
    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.the intake of air
    4. An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
    5. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.the new intake of students

    Verb

    1. To take or draw in in all the senses of the noun.
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