ALL meanings of uptake
up·take
U u - noun uptake physical: absorption 1
- noun uptake taking, using 1
- noun uptake apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake. 1
- noun uptake an act or instance of taking up; a lifting: the uptake of fertilizer by machines. 1
- noun uptake Also called take-up. Machinery. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air. 1
- noun uptake Physiology. absorption. 1
- singular noun uptake A person's uptake of something is the amount of it that they use. 0
- noun uptake a pipe, shaft, etc, that is used to convey smoke or gases, esp one that connects a furnace to a chimney 0
- noun uptake taking up or lifting up 0
- noun uptake the act of accepting or taking up something on offer or available 0
- noun uptake the act of taking up; a drawing up, absorbing, etc. 0
- noun uptake a pipe carrying smoke and gases from a furnace to its chimney 0
- noun uptake a ventilating shaft or pipe 0