take up

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Verb
1. pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
(hypernym) embark, enter
2. adopt; "take up new ideas"
(synonym) latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
(hypernym) espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
3. turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
(hypernym) turn
4. take up time or space; "take up the slack"
(hypernym) occupy, fill
5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
(synonym) start
(hyponym) take office
6. take up and practice as one's own
(synonym) adopt, borrow, take over
(hypernym) accept, take, have
7. occupy or take on; "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"
(synonym) assume, take, strike
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) fill, take
8. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
(synonym) sorb
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) absorb
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
(synonym) scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(hyponym) dip
10. accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
(synonym) take in
(hypernym) receive, have
(hyponym) fuel
11. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
(synonym) absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in
(hyponym) wipe up, mop up, mop
12. take up as if with a sponge
(synonym) take in, sop up, suck in
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
13. return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
(synonym) resume
(hypernym) change

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Noun
1. a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion
(hypernym) device
2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
(hypernym) tightening

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(n.)
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
  

gather together, collect We decided to take up a collection in order to help repair the old building.

Synonyms and related words:
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