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Intake   /ˈɪntˌeɪk/   Listen
Intake

noun
1.
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).  Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, uptake.
2.
An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container.  Synonym: inlet.
3.
The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing.  Synonyms: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration.



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"Intake" Quotes from Famous Books



... Clear Creek Power Company's intake, they took the company trail that follows the pipe-line along the southern wall. From the headwork to the reservoir two thousand feet above the power-house at the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, this trail is cut in the steep side of the Galena range—overhanging ...
— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright


Words linked to "Intake" :   inlet, external respiration, body process, aspiration, imbibing, bodily function, imbibition, opening, drinking, suck, bodily process, siamese connection, suction, swallow, breathing, ventilation, feeding, deglutition, siamese, pull, pant, eating, air horn, sucking, activity, drag, consumption, respiration, gasp, drink, puff, breath


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