1. intake - Noun
2. intake - Verb
The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.
the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
Source: Webster's dictionarySuch lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases. Gro Harlem Brundtland
No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health. Linus Pauling
One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath. Elaine Paige
Managers are to information as alcoholics are to booze. They consume enormous amounts, constantly crave more, but have great difficulty in digesting their existing intake. Robert Heller
My last girl was Jewish, which is often a warm kind of girl, concerned about food intake and employability. They don't like you to work too hard, I understand, until you're hooked and then, you bastard, sweat! Grace Paley
I have tried to have a regular daily intake from my Bible, regardless of how late it is. Cliff Richard