intake

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnteɪk/

intake (countable and uncountable, plural intakes)

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

   • 2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 74:

     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

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

   the new intake of students

6. A tract of land enclosed.
7. (Britain, dialectal) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

intake (third-person singular simple present intakes, present participle intaking, simple past intook, past participle intaken)

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

• intaker
• intake manifold
• intake system

• Aitken, Kantei, kaiten, kentia, kinate, take in, take-in, tankie