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take up
Overview of noun take-up
The noun take-up has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. take-up -- (a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion)
2. take-up -- (the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in)
Overview of verb take-up
The verb take up has 13 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (9) take up -- (pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration")
2. (5) take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on -- (adopt; "take up new ideas")
3. (4) take up -- (turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty")
4. (3) take up -- (take up time or space; "take up the slack")
5. (2) start, take up -- (begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job")
6. (1) adopt, borrow, take over, take up -- (take up and practice as one's own)
7. (1) assume, take, strike, take up -- (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")
8. (1) sorb, take up -- (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption)
9. (1) scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up -- (take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container")
10. take in, take up -- (accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid")
11. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")
12. take in, sop up, suck in, take up -- (take up as if with a sponge)
13. resume, take up -- (return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun take-up
2 senses of take-up
Sense 1
take-up
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
take-up
=> tightening
=> alteration, modification, adjustment
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun take-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun take-up
2 senses of take-up
Sense 1
take-up
=> device
Sense 2
take-up
=> tightening
Antonyms of noun take-up
Member Holonyms of noun take-up
Substance Holonyms of noun take-up
Part Holonyms of noun take-up
Member Meronyms of noun take-up
Substance Meronyms of noun take-up
Part Meronyms of noun take-up
Meronyms of noun take-up
Holonyms of noun take-up
Attributes of noun take-up
Derived Forms of noun take-up
Domain of noun take-up
Domain Terms of noun take-up
Familiarity of noun take-up
take-up used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun take-up
2 senses of take-up
Sense 1
take-up
> device
=> acoustic device
=> adapter, adaptor
=> afterburner
=> agglomerator
=> airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface
=> alarm, warning device, alarm system
=> appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
=> applicator, applier
=> aspergill, aspersorium
=> autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot
=> bait, decoy, lure
=> billiard marker
=> bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder
=> blower
=> bootjack
=> breathalyzer, breathalyser
=> breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator
=> bubbler
=> buffer, fender
=> catapult, launcher
=> charger, battery charger
=> clip-on
=> comb
=> comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
=> conductor
=> contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
=> converter, convertor
=> corer
=> corrective, restorative
=> crusher
=> cryptograph
=> cutoff
=> dampener, moistener
=> damper, muffler
=> data input device, input device
=> deflector
=> dental appliance
=> depressor
=> detector, sensor, sensing element
=> diestock
=> drive
=> drop forge, drop hammer, drop press
=> elastic device
=> electrical device
=> electronic device
=> energizer, energiser
=> exercise device
=> explosive device
=> fan
=> filter
=> fire extinguisher, extinguisher, asphyxiator
=> flare
=> fumigator
=> gas fixture
=> groover
=> guard, safety, safety device
=> heater, warmer
=> heat exchanger
=> holding device
=> hydrofoil, foil
=> imprint
=> indicator
=> instrument
=> interlock, ignition interlock
=> interrupter
=> jig
=> key
=> keyboard
=> Kinetoscope
=> knocker, doorknocker, rapper
=> lift
=> lifting device
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> machine
=> magnet
=> mechanism
=> memory device, storage device
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> nest egg
=> noisemaker
=> optical device
=> override
=> paper feed
=> peeler
=> pick, plectrum, plectron
=> power takeoff, PTO
=> prod, goad
=> prompter, autocue
=> pull
=> reflector
=> release, button
=> remote control, remote
=> reset
=> restraint, constraint
=> router
=> runner
=> scratcher
=> shoehorn
=> shoetree
=> shooting stick
=> shredder
=> signaling device
=> snowshoe
=> sounder
=> source of illumination
=> stabilizer, stabiliser
=> stemmer
=> stencil
=> straightener
=> strengthener, reinforcement
=> stylus
=> support
=> sweatbox
=> synchroflash
=> take-up
=> teaser
=> throwing stick, throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower
=> tilter
=> tongs, pair of tongs
=> trap
=> trigger
=> valve
=> vaporizer, vaporiser
=> ventilator
=> washboard
=> water cooler
Sense 2
take-up
> tightening
=> take-up
Meronyms of noun take-up
2 senses of take-up
Sense 1
take-up
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun take-up
Grep of noun take-up
take-up
Antonyms of verb take-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take-up
13 senses of take up
Sense 1
take up
=> embark, enter
=> get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sense 2
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
take up
=> turn
=> send, direct
=> move, displace
Sense 4
take up
=> occupy, fill
=> be
Sense 5
start, take up
Sense 6
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 7
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 8
sorb, take up
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 10
take in, take up
=> receive, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 11
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
Sense 12
take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 13
resume, take up
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb take-up
5 of 13 senses of take up
Sense 5
start, take up
=> take office
Sense 8
sorb, take up
=> absorb
=> adsorb
=> chemisorb
Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> dip
Sense 10
take in, take up
=> fuel
Sense 11
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
=> wipe up, mop up, mop
=> blot
=> sponge up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take-up
13 senses of take up
Sense 1
take up
=> embark, enter
Sense 2
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
Sense 3
take up
=> turn
Sense 4
take up
=> occupy, fill
Sense 5
start, take up
Sense 6
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
Sense 7
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 8
sorb, take up
=> change state, turn
Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 10
take in, take up
=> receive, have
Sense 11
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
Sense 12
take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 13
resume, take up
=> change
'Cause To' of verb take-up
Derived Forms of verb take-up
Domain of verb take-up
1 of 13 senses of take up
Sense 8
sorb, take up
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Domain Terms of verb take-up
Familiarity of verb take-up
take up used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =13)
Sample Sentences of verb take-up
13 senses of take up
Sense 1
take up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
*> Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
take up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 4
take up
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
start, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 7
assume, take, strike, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
sorb, take up
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
take in, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
*> Something ----s something
Sense 12
take in, sop up, suck in, take up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
resume, take up
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb take-up
11 of 13 senses of take up
Sense 1
take up
> embark, enter
=> take up
Sense 2
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
Sense 3
take up
> turn
=> take up
Sense 4
take up
> occupy, fill
=> crowd
=> take up
Sense 6
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
> accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Sense 7
assume, take, strike, take up
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 8
sorb, take up
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 10
take in, take up
> receive, have
=> take in, take up
=> accept
=> fence
=> graduate
=> inherit
Sense 12
take in, sop up, suck in, take up
> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
=> hit
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> use, habituate
=> eat
=> eat
=> drink, imbibe
=> drink, booze, fuddle
=> partake, touch
=> feed, eat
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> sample, try, try out, taste
=> take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> smoke
=> drug, do drugs
=> swallow, get down
=> sup
Sense 13
resume, take up
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb take-up
Sense 1
take up
=> embark, enter
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Sense 2
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
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Sense 3
take up
=> turn
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Sense 4
take up
=> occupy, fill
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Sense 5
start, take up
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Sense 6
adopt, borrow, take over, take up
=> accept, take, have
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Sense 7
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
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Sense 8
sorb, take up
=> change state, turn
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Sense 9
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 10
take in, take up
=> receive, have
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Sense 11
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
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Sense 12
take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
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Sense 13
resume, take up
=> change
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