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Uptake   /ˈəptˌeɪk/   Listen
Uptake

noun
1.
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).  Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake.
2.
A process of taking up or using up or consuming.



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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books



... cleared of snow and ice. Two unrecognizable sweeps greeted us heartily, they were Bill and Meares; the dogs howled a chorus for our benefit; it was quite like coming home. Inside the hut, the cause of the blackness was apparent, they had a blubber fire going, an open one, with no chimney or uptake for the smoke. After such a long open-air life it fairly choked me, and for once I could not eat a square meal. We all slept in a row against the west wall of the hut with ...
— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... frowned. This slowness in the uptake, coming so soon after her brother's inattention, ...
— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse



Words linked to "Uptake" :   feeding, human process, drink, imbibing, imbibition, swallow, intake, radioactive iodine uptake test, activity, sucking, re-uptake, consumption, bodily function, body process, ingestion, drinking, suck, reuptake, eating, bodily process, suction, deglutition



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