Definition of Take Up in English :

Define Take Up in English

Take Up meaning in English

Meaning of Take Up in English

Pronunciation of Take Up in English

Take Up pronunciation in English

Pronounce Take Up in English

Take Up

see synonyms of take up

Verb

1. take up

pursue or resume

Example Sentences:
'take up a matter for consideration'

2. fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take up

adopt

Example Sentences:
'take up new ideas'

3. take up

turn one's interest to

Example Sentences:
'He took up herpetology at the age of fifty'

4. take up

take up time or space

Example Sentences:
'take up the slack'

5. start, take up

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

Example Sentences:
'Take up a position'
'start a new job'

6. adopt, borrow, take over, take up

take up and practice as one's own

7. assume, strike, take, take up

occupy or take on

Example Sentences:
'He assumes the lotus position'
'She took her seat on the stage'
'We took our seats in the orchestra'
'She took up her position behind the tree'
'strike a pose'

8. sorb, take up

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

9. lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take up

take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Example Sentences:
'scoop the sugar out of the container'

10. take in, take up

accept

Example Sentences:
'The cloth takes up the liquid'

11. absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up

take in, also metaphorically

Example Sentences:
'The sponge absorbs water well'
'She drew strength from the minister's words'

12. sop up, suck in, take in, take up

take up as if with a sponge

13. resume, take up

return to a previous location or condition

Example Sentences:
'The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Take Up

see synonyms of take up
verb (adverb, mainly tr)
1. 
to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
to take up gardening
2. Australian and New Zealand
to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country
3. 
to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
she took all her skirts up three inches
4. 
to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
5. 
to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
6. 
to pursue further or resume (something)
he took up French where he left off
7. 
to absorb (a liquid)
8. 
to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
9. 
to occupy or fill (space or time)
10. 
to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
11.  take up on
12.  take up with
noun take-up
13. 
a. 
the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
b. 
(as modifier)
the take-up rate
14. machinery
the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
15. (modifier)
denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder
noun
1. 
the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
a major campaign to increase the take-up of welfare benefits
2. 
the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
a measure of the take-up of cable
modifier
3. 
of or relating to the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
the take-up rate
4. 
denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder

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Take Up

see synonyms of take up
1. 
to raise; lift
2. 
to make tighter or shorter
3. 
to pay off; recover by buying (a mortgage, note, etc.)
4. 
to absorb (a liquid)
5. 
to accept (a challenge, bet, etc.)
6. 
to assume protection or custody of
7. 
to interrupt in disapproval or rebuke
with on
8. 
to resume (something interrupted)
9. 
a. 
to become interested in or devoted to (an occupation, study, hobby, belief, etc.)
b. 
to adopt (an idea)
10. 
to occupy or fill (space or time)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Take Up

see synonyms of take up
n.
1. The act of taking or tightening up.
2. A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion, as one in a loom.

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