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Definition of Take-up
1. Noun. Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom). "A take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"
2. Noun. The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in.
Definition of Take-up
1. Noun. the act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in ¹
2. Noun. (context: machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take-up
Literary usage of Take-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"I stood on the beach while the brig got under way, and watched her until she
rounded the point, and then went to the hide-house to take up my quarters for a ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"Sinners at last take up, and settle in a contempt of all religion, ... To TAKE
up with. To be contented with. This rational thought wrought so effectually, ..."
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