intake

Meaning

Noun

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.
4. An act or instance of taking in.
5. (slang) A nostril, especially a large one.
6. The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
7. The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
8. A tract of land enclosed.
9. Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Verb

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

Synonyms

consumption

inlet

uptake

input

inspiration

ingestion

breathing in

aspiration

introduction

mouth

import

inhalation

entrance

inflow

absorption

importation

increment

influx

ingest

ingress

inhale

insertion

inspire

internalize

launch

overture

passage

portal

preamble

prelude

procurement

proem

provision

provisioning

recharge

reserves

shot

suction

supply

supplying

take

taking

taking in

valve

mouth hole

aditus

inleakage

access

adoption

nutrition

prelusion

groundwater recharge

groundwater replenishment

bank withdrawal

introitus

water intake

inlet opening

water inlet

entry hole

inlet port

groundwater increment

entry way

inlet entry

absorb

intake recharge

beverage

consumation

diet

drawing

drawing off

drink

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enclosure

enter

entry

entry point

fare

feed

feeding

immission

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnteɪk/

Etymology

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