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View synonyms for take-up
take-up
[ teyk-uhp ]
noun
- the act of taking up.
- Machinery.
- any of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
- the contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, especially fulling.
take up
verb
- to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
to take up gardening
- to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country
- to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
she took all her skirts up three inches
- to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
- to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
- to pursue further or resume (something)
he took up French where he left off
- to absorb (a liquid)
- to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
- to occupy or fill (space or time)
- to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
- take up on
- to argue or dispute with (someone)
can I take you up on two points in your talk?
- to accept what is offered by (someone)
let me take you up on your invitation
- take up with
- to discuss with (someone); refer to
to take up a fault with the manufacturers
- intr to begin to keep company or associate with
noun
- the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
- ( as modifier )
take-up rate
- machinery the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
- modifier denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder
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Word History and Origins
Origin of take-up1
First recorded in 1815–25; noun use of verb phrase take up
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