DICTOMETER

TAKE UP

(take up)

1. Synonyms:
   • Take-up
   Definitions:
   • any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
   Examples:
   • A take-up that winds photographic film on a spool
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Take-up
   Definitions:
   • the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • pursue or resume
   Examples:
   • Take up a matter for consideration
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Take up
   • Latch on
   • Fasten on
   • Hook on
   • Seize on
   Definitions:
   • adopt
   Examples:
   • Take up new ideas
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • turn one's interest to
   Examples:
   • He took up herpetology at the age of fifty
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • take up time or space
   Examples:
   • Take up the slack
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Start
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
   Examples:
   • Take up a position
   • Start a new job
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Adopt
   • Borrow
   • Take over
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • take up and practice as one's own
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Assume
   • Take
   • Strike
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • occupy or take on
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Sorb
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Scoop
   • Scoop out
   • Lift out
   • Scoop up
   • Take up
   Definitions:
   • take out or up with or as if with a scoop
   Examples:
   • Scoop the sugar out of the container
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Take in
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • accept
    Examples:
    • The cloth takes up the liquid
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Absorb
    • Suck
    • Imbibe
    • Soak up
    • Sop up
    • Suck up
    • Draw
    • Take in
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • take in, also metaphorically
    Examples:
    • The sponge absorbs water well
    • She drew strength from the minister's words
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Take in
    • Sop up
    • Suck in
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • take up as if with a sponge
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Resume
    • Take up
    Definitions:
    • return to a previous location or condition
    Examples:
    • The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it