Thesaurus: uptake

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1. v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
2. n. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
3. n. Understanding; apprehension.
4. n. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
5. n. a process of taking up or using up or consuming
6. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser. 1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward. 2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
7. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif.Spenser.
8. n:100 n. a process of taking up or using up or consuming