uptake.
Understanding; comprehension.
Meaning & usage
Understanding; comprehension.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
The act of lifting or taking up.
A chimney.
The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).
To take up, to lift.
To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).
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