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Intake   /ˈɪntˌeɪk/   Listen
noun
Intake  n.  
1.
The place where water, air, or other substance is taken into a pipe, conduit, or machine; opposed to outlet.
2.
The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3.
The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.





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"Intake" Quotes from Famous Books



... daintily fresh in her pink frock as a spring tulip; a frock, thought O'Mally, that would have passed successfully in any ball-room. She was as beautiful as the moon, and to this bit of Persian O'Mally added, conscious of a deep intake of breath, the stars and the farther worlds and the roses close at hand. Her eyes were shining, but her color was thin. O'Mally, for all his buffoonery, was a keen one to read a face. She was highly strung. Where ...
— The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath
... said. "And if you weighed it, you'd probably find it still weighs an exact three and a half pounds. Mantelish feels the thing turns any food intake directly ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz
... business to be a cranky car," Foster interposed pacifically. "Why, she's practically new!" He stepped over a puddle and stood beside Bud, peering down at the silent engine. "Have you looked at the intake valve?" he ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower
... not crowd the lungs or lay stress on the mere quantity of air you can inhale. The intake of breath is, for the singer, secondary to its control, economy, and application in song. Increase of lung capacity ...
— Resonance in Singing and Speaking • Thomas Fillebrown
... The intake and the pipelines in all services fill with men of a quite different fiber and outlook than those which commonly pass through the ...
— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense


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