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






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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



Words linked to "Uptake" :   activity, drink, reuptake, feeding, drinking, sucking, imbibition, bodily process, suction, body process, deglutition, intake, imbibing, re-uptake, suck, ingestion



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