WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
take-up
(tāk′up′),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of taking up.
- [Mach.]
- Mechanical Engineeringuptake (def. 3).
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various devices for taking up slack, winding in, or compensating for the looseness of parts due to wear.
- Textilesthe contraction of fabric resulting from the wet operations in the finishing process, esp. fulling.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase take up 1815–25
'take-up' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Sinn Féin
- absorb
- action stations
- analeptic
- arm
- arms
- assume
- camp
- cartridge
- catch up
- chemisorb
- consume
- consumption
- crusade
- cudgel
- cum new
- diadochokinesia
- dip
- embrace
- ex new
- excipient
- exeat
- gauntlet
- gentrification
- glove
- granulocyte
- guard
- hat
- hatchet
- lap
- lay
- migrate
- no-show
- occupy
- open-reel tape
- pallet
- parole
- pick
- place
- presa
- presume
- quarter
- range
- rank
- recharge
- reconsider
- reel-to-reel
- rein
- renew
- resume