intake

Definition

  • noun: an opening through which fluid enters an enclosure
  • noun: the amount of something (such as food or drink) that is taken into your body
  • synonyms: access, adit, admission

Examples

  • The school's 'intake' of students has increased in recent years.

  • You should limit your daily 'intake' of fats and sugars.

  • the recommended daily 'intakes' of selected vitamins

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You never had me. You never had your car. Granny-shifting. Not double-clutching, like you should. You're lucky that -shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. - Almost had me? - You tell him, Dominic. Get out of here. Now, me and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block... (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious
  • (..) But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect. Respect. To some people, that's more important. That your car? I see a cool air intake. It's got a NOS fogger system and a T turbo, Dominic. I see an AIC controller. It has direct port nitrous injection. Yeah. And a stand-alone (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious