uptake

English

Etymology

From Middle English uptaken, equivalent to up- +‎ take.

Pronunciation

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Noun

uptake (plural uptakes)

1. understanding, comprehension
2. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
3. (dated) a chimney

Derived terms

• quick or slow on the uptake

Verb

uptake (third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptakeing, simple past and past participle uptakeed)

1. (archaic) To take up, to lift.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:

     He hearkned to his reason, and the childe / Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].

Anagrams

• take up, take-up, takeup