intake

  1. Noun.  The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
  2. Noun.  The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
  3. Noun.  The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
  4. Noun.  An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
  5. Verb.  To take or draw in (qualifier, in all the senses of the noun) .

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