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uptake
noun
verb
Understanding; comprehension.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- U
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- PTAK
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
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.
verb
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.