uptake
noun
- 1
Understanding; comprehension.
- 2
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
- 3
The act of lifting or taking up.
- 4
A chimney.
- 5
The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
verb
- 1
To take up, to lift.
- 2
To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
- 3
To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
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