See Also: intake(dictionary)
intake(dictionary)
energy intake(medicine)
acceptable daily intake(medicine)
tolerable daily intake(medicine)
Acceptable daily intake(health)
Carbohydrate intake, infant(health)
Intake Manifold - Motor Sports(gambling)

intake (iou)



intake noun & adjective. Orig. Scot. & north. ME.
[from phr. take in: see IN adverb, TAKE verb.]
A. noun.
A piece of land taken in from a moorland, common, etc.; an enclosure. Chiefly north. ME.
The place where water is channelled from a body of water to drive a mill, supply a canal, etc. LME.
A narrowing or abrupt contraction made in the width of a tube, stocking, etc.; the point at which this is made. M18.
The act of taking in or receiving from outside; a thing which is taken in, a quantity received. E19.
b. (A member of) a group of entrants to the army, a school, a trade, etc. M20.
An imposition; a cheat. Scot. E19.
Mining. A passage by which a current of air is introduced into a mine. M19.
A duct or passage by which air etc. is introduced into a machine. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That takes in; of the nature of or pertaining to an intake. E20.
intake manifold: see MANIFOLD noun 5.