take-up

take-up[ 'teikʌp ]

• n.
  • a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion
  • the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
• v.
  • pursue or resume

    同义词：take up

  • adopt

    同义词：take uplatch onfasten onhook onseize on

  • turn one's interest to

    同义词：take up

  • take up time or space

    同义词：take up

  • begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

    同义词：starttake up

  • take up and practice as one's own

    同义词：adoptborrowtake overtake up

  • occupy or take on

    同义词：assumetakestriketake up

  • take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

    同义词：sorbtake up

  • take out or up with or as if with a scoop

    同义词：scoopscoop outlift outscoop uptake up

  • accept

    同义词：take intake up

  • take in, also metaphorically

    同义词：absorbsuckimbibesoak upsop upsuck updrawtake intake up

  • take up as if with a sponge

    同义词：take insop upsuck intake up

  • return to a previous location or condition

    同义词：resumetake up