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As a noun, uptake means understanding. As a verb, it means absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
Meanings of uptake
10 meaningsnoun
Understanding; comprehension.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
The act of lifting or taking up.
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Similar: consumption, ingestion, intakeA process of taking up or using up or consuming
“they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids”
Older and rare meanings (2)
datedA chimney.
datedThe upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
verb
To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
Older and rare meanings (1)
archaicTo take up, to lift.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).