Found 2 items, similar to take up.
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Definition: take up
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Definition: take up
take up
v 1: pursue or resume;
“take up a matter for consideration”
2: adopt;
“take up new ideas” [syn:
latch on,
fasten on,
hook on
,
seize on]
3: turn one's interest to;
“He took up herpetology at the age
of fifty”
4: take up time or space;
“take up the slack”
5: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
“Take up a position”;
“start a new job” [syn:
start]
6: take up and practice as one's own [syn:
adopt,
borrow,
take over
]
7: occupy or take on;
“He assumes the lotus position”;
“She
took her seat on the stage”;
“We took our seats in the
orchestra”;
“She took up her position behind the tree”;
“strike a pose” [syn:
assume,
take,
strike]
8: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by
absorption [syn:
sorb]
9: take out or up with or as if with a scoop;
“scoop the sugar
out of the container” [syn:
scoop,
scoop out,
lift out
,
scoop up]
10: accept;
“The cloth takes up the liquid” [syn:
take in]
11: take in, also metaphorically;
“The sponge absorbs water
well”;
“She drew strength from the minister's words”
[syn:
absorb,
suck,
imbibe,
soak up,
sop up,
suck up
,
draw,
take in]
12: take up as if with a sponge [syn:
take in,
sop up,
suck in
]
13: return to a previous location or condition;
“The painting
resumed its old condition when we restored it” [syn:
resume]