Uptake

Pronunciation

Origin

From Middle English uptaken, equivalent to - + take.

Full definition of uptake

Noun

1. understanding, comprehension
2. absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
3. (dated) a chimney

Derived terms

• quick or slow on the uptake

Verb

1. (archaic) To take up, to lift.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:He hearkned to his reason, and the childe
  Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare ....

Anagrams

• take up, take-up, takeup