Standard Lemma guide

intake

noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪnteɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɪntæɪk/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T EY2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The quantity taken in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the intake of air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An act or instance of taking in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • an intake of oxygen or food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A nostril, especially a large one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the new intake of students

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A tract of land enclosed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: language learning

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breath

Narrower terms: gasp, pant, puff, drag, pull

13

noun

Meaning 13

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, uptake

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity

Narrower terms: eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition, sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition

14

noun

Meaning 14

an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inlet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: opening

Narrower terms: air horn, siamese, siamese connection

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ottamo — place where fluid is taken in
  • Indonesian: bangunan sadap — place where fluid is taken in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inntak — place where fluid is taken in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: inntak — place where fluid is taken in
  • Swedish: intag — place where fluid is taken in
  • Finnish: kavennus — beginning of a contraction or narrowing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攝取量 /摄取量 — quantity taken in
  • Finnish: otto — quantity taken in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inntak — quantity taken in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: inntak — quantity taken in
  • Spanish: ingesta — quantity taken in
  • Swedish: intag — quantity taken in
  • Bulgarian: поемане (poemane) — act of taking in
  • Catalan: presa — act of taking in
  • Catalan: ingestió — act of taking in
  • Finnish: ottaminen — act of taking in
  • French: prise — act of taking in
  • French: ingestion — act of taking in
  • Galician: inxesta — act of taking in
  • Italian: assunzione — act of taking in
  • Italian: gestione — act of taking in
  • Italian: presa — act of taking in
  • Portuguese: tomada — act of taking in
  • Portuguese: ingestão — act of taking in
  • Bulgarian: набор (nabor) — people taken in at a particular time
  • Finnish: sisäänotto — people taken in at a particular time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inntak — people taken in at a particular time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: inntak — people taken in at a particular time
  • Finnish: suljettu alue — enclosed tract of land
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