Uptake

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uptake \Up*take"\, v. t.
     To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
     Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Uptake \Up"take`\, n. (Steam Boilers)
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     1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam
        boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading
        upward.
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     2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uptake
       n 1: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
            (as by eating) [syn: {consumption}, {ingestion}, {intake}]
       2: a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they
          developed paper napkins with greater uptake of liquids"