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Uptake

//ˈʌpteɪk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Understanding; comprehension. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) wordnet
  3. 3
    Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a process of taking up or using up or consuming wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of lifting or taking up. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A chimney. countable, dated, uncountable

    "The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of each track."

  2. 7
    The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney. countable, dated, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To take up, to lift. archaic

    "He hearkned to his reason, and the childe Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...]."

  2. 2
    To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
  3. 3
    To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).

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