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in⋅take

   [in-teyk]
–noun
1. the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
2. an act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen.
3. something that is taken in.
4. a quantity taken in: an intake of 50 gallons a minute.
5. a narrowing; contraction.
Origin:
1515–25; n. use of v. phrase take in
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Language Translation for : intake
Spanish: admisión, German: die Aufnahme, Japanese: 受入れ
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in·take     (ĭn'tāk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.
    1. The act of taking in.
    2. The quantity taken in.
    3. Something, especially energy, taken in.

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intake 
c.1800, "place where water is taken into a channel or pipe," originally a Scot. and Northern word, from in + take. Meaning "act of taking in" (food, breath, etc.) is first attested 1808.

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intake

noun
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) [syn: consumption] 
2. an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container 
3. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation] 

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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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