Synonyms for TAKE UP
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Princeton’s WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms:
any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
«a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool»
the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
«take up a matter for consideration»
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on (verb)
turn one’s interest to
«He took up herpetology at the age of fifty»
take up time or space
start, take up (verb)
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
«Take up a position»; «start a new job»
adopt, borrow, take over, take up (verb)
take up and practice as one’s own
assume, take, strike, take up (verb)
«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»
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up (verb)
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
«scoop the sugar out of the container»
take in, take up (verb)
«The cloth takes up the liquid»
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up (verb)
take in, also metaphorically
«The sponge absorbs water well»; «She drew strength from the minister’s words»
take in, sop up, suck in, take up (verb)
take up as if with a sponge
resume, take up (verb)
return to a previous location or condition
«The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it»
English Synonyms and Antonyms (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms:
A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, the substance remaining perhaps otherwise substantially unchanged; quicklime, when it absorbs water, becomes a new substance with different qualities, hydrated or slaked lime. A substance is consumed which is destructively appropriated by some other substance, being, or agency, so that it ceases to exist or to be recognized as existing in its original condition; fuel is consumed in the fire, food in the body; consume is also applied to whatever is removed from the market for individual use; as, silk and woolen goods are consumed. A great talker engrosses the conversation. A credulous person swallows the most preposterous statement. A busy student imbibes or drinks in knowledge; he is absorbed in a subject that takes his whole attention. «I only postponed it because I happened to get absorbed in a book.» Kane Grinnell Exped. ch. 43, page 403. [ Harper & Bros. ’54.]
Preposition:
Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.
Dictionary of English Synonymes (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms:
Synonyms:
begin (especially where another has left off)
Synonyms:
fasten (with a ligature)
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