intake

Meanings

1. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
2. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3. The quantity taken in.
4. An act or instance of taking in.
5. A nostril, especially a large one.
6. The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
7. The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
8. A tract of land enclosed.
9. Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
10. The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.

1. To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.

Etymology

From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.