Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intake
n 1: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
(as by eating) [syn: {consumption}, {ingestion}, {uptake}]
2: an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or
container
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