Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.
- noun The act of taking in.
- noun The quantity taken in.
- noun Something, especially energy, taken in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Land taken in from a waste place, or from a common or tidal river.
- noun A taking or drawing in.
- noun That which is taken in. Specifically
- noun Quantity taken in.
- noun A tract of land, as of a common, inclosed; an inclosure; part of a common field planted or sown when the other part lies fallow.
- noun Also
intack . - noun The point at which a narrowing or contraction begins, as in a tube or a stocking.
- noun In hydraulics, the point at which water is received into a pipe or channel: opposed to outlet.
- noun In mining: The airway going inbye, or toward the interior of the mine.
- noun The air moving in that direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The place where water, air, or other substance is taken into a pipe, conduit, or machine; -- opposed to
outlet . - noun the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- noun The quantity taken in.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or
conduit ; opposed tooutlet . - noun The beginning of a
contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder. - noun The quantity taken in.
- noun An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
- verb To take or
draw in (in all the senses of the noun).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- noun an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
- noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, the way our office worked, you sat down and, about every two weeks, and did what we called intake, and it still works that way.
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When water at the intake is at extreme low level, there is thus an additional discharge area of approximately 300 square feet cross section over the depressed section.
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"As such anybody can buy ALC at the nearest health food store and reading the instructions on the label intake two Carnitine tablets or caplets a day, preferably on an empty stomach.
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If the US consumes X quantity of salt each year and there are 300 mil Americans, it does not follow that my salt intake is x divided by 300 mil nor does it mean that I cannot have a kosher pickle.
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Kaayla Daniels, Ph. D., author of "The Whole Soy Story," suggests that soy's negative impact on the thyroid occurs mostly when isoflavone intake is more than 30 mg daily.
Craig Cooper: Soy: When It's Good, When It's Bad, And How To Tell Craig Cooper 2010
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But there are mysteries - who goes to the markets and whose culinary intake is restricted by the ration book?
Liz Neumark: A Taste of Cuba Liz Neumark 2010
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Controlling your energy intake is much easier and more effective than attempting to increase your energy output, especially if you have no established exercise routine.
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Of course, even in organs of the type A or B, the underlying mechanism of oxygen intake is identical to that in case A: oxygen diffuses in thru the cell membranes.
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And in some of the poorest populations, about 80 percent of the carbohydrate intake is from white rice.
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Kaayla Daniels, Ph. D., author of "The Whole Soy Story," suggests that soy's negative impact on the thyroid occurs mostly when isoflavone intake is more than 30 mg daily.
Craig Cooper: Soy: When It's Good, When It's Bad, And How To Tell Craig Cooper 2010
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