- the act of taking up.
- Machinery.
- uptake (def. 3).
- any of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
- the contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, especially fulling.
- to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
- to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
- to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
- to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
- to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
- to pursue further or resume (something)
- to absorb (a liquid)
- to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
- to occupy or fill (space or time)
- to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
- take up on
- to argue or dispute with (someone)
- to accept what is offered by (someone)
- take up with
- to discuss with (someone); refer to
- to begin to keep company or associate with
- the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
- (as modifier)
- the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
- denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
