/in"tayk'/ , n.
1. the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
2. an act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen.
3. something that is taken in.
4. a quantity taken in: an intake of 50 gallons a minute.
5. a narrowing; contraction.
[ 1515-25; n. use of v. phrase take in ]