uptake in English dictionary

  • uptake

    Meanings and definitions of "uptake"

    • understanding, comprehension
    • absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
    • (dated) a chimney
    • (archaic) To take up, to lift.
    • noun
      understanding, comprehension
    • noun
      absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
    • noun
      (dated)
      a chimney
    • verb
      (archaic)
      To take up, to lift.
    • noun
      a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"
    • noun
      the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

    Synonyms of "uptake" in English dictionary

    bodily process, human process, bodily function are the top synonyms of "uptake" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of uptake

    • uptake ( third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptakeing, simple past and past participle uptakeed)
    • uptake ( plural  uptakes)
    • lm  liczba mnoga uptakes
    • uptake (countable and uncountable, plural uptakes)
    • uptake (third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptaking, simple past uptook, past participle uptaken)
  • Uptake

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