intake

About 12.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
2. noun The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3. noun The quantity taken in.

   the intake of air

4. noun An act or instance of taking in.

   an intake of oxygen or food

5. noun A nostril, especially a large one.
6. noun The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.

   the new intake of students

7. noun The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
8. noun A tract of land enclosed.

Similar words

ingestion consumption uptake hydrant pumping catchment suction adsorption flow commutator

Often followed by

of and is in to manifold was for by

Word family

intakes