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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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Intake" Quotes from Famous Books



... man started as if galvanised into sudden life. His breath steamed and almost hissed as it struck the icy air. At each raw intake of it his chest heaved. He beat his mittened hands on his breast to keep them from freezing. Under the hood of his parka great icicles had formed, hanging to the hairs of his beard, walrus-like, and his eyes, ...
— The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance • Robert W. Service
... are usually operated under great heads, the problem of regulating their water supply requires special consideration. A gate is always provided at the upper, or intake end, where the water pipe leaves the flume. Since the pressure reaches 1,000 pounds the square inch and more, there would be danger of bursting the pipe if the water were suddenly shut off at the nozzle itself. For this reason it is necessary ...
— Electricity for the farm - Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water - wheel or farm engine • Frederick Irving Anderson
... highest tension, he crouched there against the safe. Again and again his fingers rubbed over the rough carpet, and again the sweat beads oozed out upon his forehead with the strain—and then there came through the stillness a long-drawn intake of his breath. The handle swung the bolt with a low metallic thud—the safe ...
— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard
... It was Guy—Guy in the flesh—tenderly taunting her with some feminine weakness. So swift and so sharp was the pain that she could not hide it. She bent her face over her work with a quick intake of the breath. ...
— The Top of the World • Ethel M. Dell
... immediately. In the darkness Crosby could hear a little quick intake of her breath and a ...
— The Brown Mask • Percy J. Brebner


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