Uptake

['ʌpteɪk] or ['ʌptek]

Definition

(noun.) a process of taking up or using up or consuming; 'they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids'.

Editor: Stacy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To take into the hand; to take up; to help.

(n.) The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

(n.) Understanding; apprehension.

Inputed by Hannibal

Definition

n. the act of lifting up: (prov.) mental apprehension: the upcast pipe from the smoke-box of a steam-boiler towards the chimney.—v.t. Uptake′ to take up.

Editor: Vanessa