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Intake

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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Broader term 3

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Breath 76% connected

The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous…

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Narrower term 17

Deglutition 76% connected

The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

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Drag 76% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Drinking 76% connected

of Drink

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Eating 76% connected

of Eat

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Gasp 76% connected

To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

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Imbibing 76% connected

of Imbibe

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Imbibition 76% connected

The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons.

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Pant 76% connected

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Siamese 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.

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Suck 76% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

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Sucking 76% connected

of Suck

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Suction 76% connected

The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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Containing whole 3

Breathing 70% connected

of Breathe

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Respiration 70% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Ventilation 70% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Synonym 7

Aspiration 92% connected

The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

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Consumption 92% connected

The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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Ingestion 92% connected

The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

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Inhalation 92% connected

The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.

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Inlet 92% connected

A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.

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Inspiration 92% connected

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uptake 92% connected

To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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