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uptake
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun uptake has 2 senses
- uptake(n = noun.act) consumption, ingestion, intake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating); Array has particulars: eating, feeding, deglutition, drink, swallow, suck, sucking, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition
- uptake(n = noun.process) Array - a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids" is a kind of human process
is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
has particulars: re-uptake, reuptake
CIDE DICTIONARY
uptake, v. t.
To take into the hand; to take up; to help. Wyclif. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
uptake, n.
- The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward. [1913 Webster]
- Understanding; apprehension. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
uptake, n.
1 colloq. understanding; comprehension (esp. quick or slow on the uptake).
2 the act or an instance of taking up.
1 colloq. understanding; comprehension (esp. quick or slow on the uptake).
2 the act or an instance of taking up.
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