English to English
uptake
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noun (n)
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- a process of taking up or using up or consuming(noun.process)Example:
They developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids.
source: wordnet30 - The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To take into the hand; to take up; to help.(verb)source: webster1913
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