intakenoun/ˈɪnteɪk/

• 1

  The place where water, air or other fluid 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
  • In 2010 almost 120,000 people died prematurely and 108 million life years were lost—because of inadequate vitamin A intake.
• 4

  An act or instance of taking in.

  • an intake of oxygen or food
  • The company wasn't allowed to make him 'forcibly participate in seminars and end-of-week drinks frequently ending up in excessive alcohol intake, encouraged by associates who made very large quantities of alcohol available', the court said.
• 5

  derogatoryslangA nostril, especially a large one.

• 6

  The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.

  • the new intake of students
• 7

  The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.

• 8

  A tract of land enclosed.

intakeverb/ˈɪnteɪk/

• 1

  To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.

  • Well, I "intook" the general situation west of the Mississippi because I did not get much of a chance to see things east of the Mississippi.
  • The particle concentration in the ascending hot current of the combustion product have^([sic]) been measured by intaking the current into the counter close to the sample plate in the furnace.