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Definition of Uptake
1. Noun. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
Specialized synonyms: Eating, Feeding, Deglutition, Drink, Swallow, Suck, Sucking, Suction, Drinking, Imbibing, Imbibition
Generic synonyms: Activity, Bodily Function, Bodily Process, Body Process
Derivative terms: Consume, Ingest
2. Noun. A process of taking up or using up or consuming. "They developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"
Definition of Uptake
1. v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
2. n. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
3. v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
4. n. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
Definition of Uptake
1. Noun. understanding, comprehension ¹
2. Noun. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism ¹
3. Noun. (dated) a chimney ¹
4. Verb. (archaic) To take up, to lift. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Uptake
1. an upward ventilating shaft [n -S]
Medical Definition of Uptake
1. The absorption by a tissue of some substance, food material, mineral, etc. And its permanent or temporary retention. (05 Mar 2000)
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