Synonym: absorb, adopt, assume, borrow, draw, fasten on, hook on, imbibe, latch on, lift out, resume, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, seize on, soak up, sop up, sorb, start, strike, suck, suck in, suck up, take, take in, take over. Similar words: make up, makeup, wake up, shake up, make up for, make use of, take, stake. Meaning: v. 1. pursue or resume 2. adopt 3. turn one's interest to 4. take up time or space 5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job 6. take up and practice as one's own 7. occupy or take on 8. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption 9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop 10. accept 11. take in, also metaphorically 12. take up as if with a sponge 13. return to a previous location or condition take-up. n. 1. a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion 2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in.
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181. I take up points of view I don't actually support strongly and start defending them to the hilt.
182. This is also the best advertisement for encouraging kids to take up the game.
183. The chairman will take up the matter with the local councillors. 2.
184. Take up walking to the shops or school. 4. Visit my ageing aunt. 5.
185. You will also need to take up references, though do not place too much reliance on these.
186. Politicians have rushed to take up positions on one side of the barricades or the other.
187. These costs are relevant because they are directly attributable to the decision to take up an opportunity.
188. If it did decide to take up the offer, and business-like talks got going, it could reap swift rewards.
189. Take a more active role at my children's school. 5. Take up a hobby just for me.
190. Graduates, after all, pass into society and take up significant posts of managerial or professional responsibility.
191. Were the negotiations to fail, would the Polisario Front take up arms again?
192. Ruth Smith and Lyn Saunders check the noticeboard to see when they are scheduled to take up their positions on checkouts.
193. It soon became apparent that a crucial factor was the readiness of interviewees to take up areas referred to in the questions.
194. Why you think you have to take up for her?
195. How to use charcoal Charcoal will take up a number of harmful or nuisance substances by adsorption.
196. It can take up to 30 days, dependant on temperature for a biological filter to become established.
197. A jet engine can take up to six seconds to spool up. Sentencedict.com
198. It is with our entry into language that we first take up the position of subject.
199. The chick is due on good Friday, but it could take up to three days to free itself from the egg.
200. They take up residence in some numbers in marsh and swampland.
201. It was left to the capital's campuses to take up the baton.
202. When the harbor across the bay becomes a string of lights, foghorns take up the bass.
203. It is an independent statutory body, which can give you advice and may take up your enquiry with Royal Mail.
204. They will also take up and re-lay loose floor coverings and pack and unpack fragile items such as glass and china.
205. When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881, he persuaded Gladstone's Liberal government to take up the cause.
206. Do not suddenly take up violent exercise after years of inactivity, or you will injure yourself.
207. If the profession does not take up the challenge others will, and an opportunity will have been missed.
208. She felt that she would like to take up life drawing.
209. We could all take up the role of publicity agent, advertising our own favourite recreation!
210. In addition, full respiratory compensation for a metabolic acidosis may take up to 12 hours.
More similar words: make up, makeup, wake up, shake up, make up for, make use of, take, stake, take for, take off, take to, take on, take out, take down, take care, take away, take over, take time, take apart, take after, by mistake, take place, take the road, take turns, take care of, take note of, undertake, take it easy, take the lead, take effect.