uptake

noun
  1. 1

    Understanding; comprehension.

  2. 2

    Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

  3. 3

    The act of lifting or taking up.

  4. 4

    A chimney.

  5. 5

    The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

verb
  1. 1

    To take up, to lift.

  2. 2

    To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.

  3. 3

    To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

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