uptake

1. v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. Source: opted

2. n. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward. Source: opted

3. n. Understanding; apprehension. Source: opted

4. n. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) Source: wordnet

5. n. a process of taking up or using up or consuming Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

7. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif.Spenser. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. a process of taking up or using up or consuming Source: ecdict

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