Catalan Meaning of take up

assumir

Other Catalan words related to assumir

Definitions and Meaning of take up in English

Wordnet

take up (v)

pursue or resume

adopt

turn one's interest to

take up time or space

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

take up and practice as one's own

occupy or take on

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

take out or up with or as if with a scoop

accept

take in, also metaphorically

take up as if with a sponge

return to a previous location or condition

Wordnet

take up (n)

any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)

the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

Webster

take up (n.)

That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.

FAQs About the word take up

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