1. (noun) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms: phthisis, use, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, inhalation, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, breathing in, consumption, aspiration, economic consumption, ingestion, inlet, intake, usance, inspiration, white plague
2. (noun) intake, inlet
an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
Synonyms: recess, breathing in, uptake, consumption, aspiration, inhalation, inspiration, inlet, intake, ingestion
3. (noun) inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Synonyms: breathing in, uptake, consumption, aspiration, inhalation, inspiration, inhalant, brainchild, inlet, ambition, divine guidance, intake, ingestion, stirring, dream
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