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INTAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Synonyms:
aspiration; breathing in; inhalation; inspiration; intake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intake" is a kind of...):
breath (the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intake"):
gasp; pant (a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open)
drag; puff; pull (a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke))
Holonyms ("intake" is a part of...):
breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms:
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("intake" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intake"):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)
suck; sucking; suction (the act of sucking)
drinking; imbibing; imbibition (the act of consuming liquids)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
Synonyms:
inlet; intake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("intake" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intake"):
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)
Context examples:
The ratio or percentage of nutritional intake to body weight.
(Food Consumption Relative to Body Weight, NCI Thesaurus)
The start date is derived from PerformedActivity.PerformedAdministrativeActivity.PerformedStudySubjectMilestone.actualDateRange WHERE PerformedActivity DefinedActivity.nameCode = first intake of agent.
(Performed Study Subject Milestone Study Reference Date Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Then I heard a sudden sharp intake of her breath, and she sprang into the air with a cry of joy.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her face was turned away from him, but he could see, by the sharp intake of her breath, that she was weeping bitterly.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Any condition related to a disturbance between proper intake and utilization of nourishment.
(Nutritional Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
As a result, peripheral vasoconstriction, tachycardia, and elevated blood pressure may be observed with nicotine intake.
(Nicotine, NCI Thesaurus)
The treatment in most cases is increasing your fluid intake.
(Foodborne Illness, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Upon oral intake, L-lysine promotes healthy tissue function, growth and healing and improves the immune system.
(L-Lysine, NCI Thesaurus)
Intake of navy bean powder may have a beneficial effect on intestinal microflora.
(Navy Bean Powder, NCI Thesaurus)
They investigated whether this phenomenon helped preserve immune memory when calorie intake was reduced.
(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)
