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/ˈəptˌeɪk/ Listen

noun

Uptake n. (Steam Boilers)

The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

Understanding; apprehension. (Scot.)

verb

Uptake v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Uptake'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books

... found in soil that uptake ammonia gas and change it to the nitrates that plants and soil life forms need to make other proteins. These nitrification microorganisms are extremely efficient at reasonable temperatures but cannot survive the extreme ...

— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon

... Meares; the dogs howled a chorus for our benefit; it was quite like coming home. Inside the hut, the cause of the blackness was apparent, they had a blubber fire going, an open one, with no chimney or uptake for the smoke. After such a long open-air life it fairly choked me, and for once I could not eat a square meal. We all slept in a row against the west wall of the hut with ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... quoted figures; the habit of signing contracts, of avoiding the traps laid by the agents had given them all a keen sense of business. And the frequent traveling, in the absence of education, had made them sharp at understanding, quick in the uptake. Their clean-shaven faces fell into ...

— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne

... stuffy in the hut last night—I found it difficult to sleep, and noticed a good many others in like case. I found the temperature was only 50 deg., but that the small uptake on the stove pipe was closed. I think it would be good to have a renewal of air at bed time, but don't quite ...

— Scott's Last Expedition Volume I • Captain R. F. Scott