'Intake' definitions:
Definition of 'intake'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) [syn: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake]
noun
An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container [syn: intake, inlet]
noun
The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in]
Definition of 'Intake'
From: GCIDE
- Intake \In"take`\, n.
- 1. The place where water, air, or other substance is taken into a pipe, conduit, or machine; -- opposed to outlet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- adit,
- admission,
- air lock,
- approach,
- avails,
- box office,
- commissions,
- corridor,
- credit,
- credits,
- disposable income,
- dividend,
- dividends,
- earned income,
- earnings,
- entrance,
- entranceway,
- entree,
- entry,
- entryway,
- gains,
- gangplank,
- gangway,
- gate,
- gate receipts,
- get,
- gross,
- gross income,
- gross receipts,
- hall,
- import,
- importation,
- importing,
- in,
- income,
- incoming,
- infiltration,
- ingoing,
- ingress,
- ingression,
- inlet,
- input,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- interpenetration,
- introduction,
- introgression,
- intrusion,
- leakage,
- make,
- means of access,
- net,
- net income,
- net receipts,
- opening,
- output,
- passage,
- passageway,
- penetration,
- percolation,
- proceeds,
- produce,
- profits,
- receipt,
- receipts,
- receivables,
- reception,
- returns,
- revenue,
- royalties,
- seepage,
- take,
- take-in,
- takings,
- unearned income,
- vestibule,
- way,
- way in,
- yield