intake

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
noun an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
noun the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

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

Been locating their primary intake. — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
He heard the quick intake of her breath. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
She caught her breath, a little quick intake. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)

consumption, ingestion, uptake

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