intake - Definition | Dictionary definition of intake

Definition of intake

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

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the act of consuming food; mycophagy
the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild); bite, chomp
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws; browse, browsing
the act of feeding by continual nibbling; coprophagia, coprophagy
eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity; dining
the act of eating dinner; engorgement
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation; banqueting, feasting
eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment); graze, grazing
the act of grazing; lunching
the act of eating lunch; repletion, surfeit
eating until excessively full; supping
ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking; degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting
taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; necrophagia, necrophagy
feeding on corpses or carrion; omophagia
the eating of raw food; scatophagy
the eating of excrement or other filth; deglutition, drink, swallow
the act of swallowing; aerophagia
swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence); draft, draught, gulp, swig
a large and hurried swallow; sip
a small drink; suck, sucking, suction
the act of sucking; drinking, imbibing, imbibition
the act of consuming liquids; gulping, guzzling, swilling
the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly; potation
the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)

Type of:: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

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

Types:: air horn
air intake of a carburetor; siamese, siamese connection
an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

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

Types:: gasp, pant
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; drag, puff, pull
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); toke
a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette

Type of:: breath
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing