uptake — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

Understanding; comprehension.

2

Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

3

The act of lifting or taking up.

4

A chimney.

The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of each track.

5

The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

verb

1

To take up, to lift.

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

2

To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.

3

To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

Collocations

2

ADJ.

quick, slow

PREP.

in, on

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

quick on the uptake

Able to readily understand things; aware and intelligent.

on the uptake

In understanding or in the ability to absorb new information; especially in the phrases "quick on the uptake" and "slow on the uptake".

slow on the uptake

Of a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually.

Example Bank

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The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of e

Wiktionary

02

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

Wiktionary

03

He's a good kid - very quick on the uptake and he does whatever needs to be done.

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04

Sometimes Markku is a bit slow on the uptake.

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05

A clever man is always quick in the uptake.

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06

Tom is a little slow on the uptake.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, uptake is marked as dated, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.