take up
English Thesaurus
1. pursue or resume (verb.change)
hypernym | : | embark, enter, |
definition | : | set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) (verb.change) |
2. return to a previous location or condition (verb.change)
hypernym | : | change, |
definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
3. adopt (verb.cognition)
hypernym | : | adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep up, |
definition | : | take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (verb.cognition) |
4. take up as if with a sponge (verb.consumption)
5. take out or up with or as if with a scoop (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | remove, take, take away, withdraw, |
definition | : | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | dip, |
definition | : | scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface (verb.contact) |
6. take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
hyponym | : | mop, mop up, wipe up, |
definition | : | to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | blot, |
definition | : | dry (ink) with blotting paper (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | sponge up, |
definition | : | absorb as if with a sponge (verb.contact) |
7. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | change state, turn, |
definition | : | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | absorb, |
definition | : | become imbued (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | adsorb, |
definition | : | accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | chemisorb, |
definition | : | take up a substance by chemisorption (verb.contact) |
domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
8. accept (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | have, receive, |
definition | : | get something; come into possession of (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | fuel, |
definition | : | take in fuel, as of a ship (verb.possession) |
9. occupy or take on (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | move, |
definition | : | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion) |
verb group | : | fill, occupy, take, |
definition | : | assume, as of positions or roles (verb.social) |
10. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | accept, have, take, |
definition | : | receive willingly something given or offered (verb.possession) |
11. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (verb.social)
hyponym | : | take office, |
definition | : | assume an office, duty, or title (verb.social) |
12. turn one's interest to (verb.social)
hypernym | : | turn, |
definition | : | channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something (verb.motion) |
13. take up time or space (verb.stative)
hypernym | : | fill, occupy, |
definition | : | occupy the whole of (verb.stative) |
14. take out or up with or as if with a scoop (verb.contact)
derivation | : | scoop, |
definition | : | a large ladle (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | scoop, scoop shovel, |
definition | : | the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | scoop, scoopful, |
definition | : | the quantity a scoop will hold (noun.quantity) |
derivation | : | pocket, scoop, |
definition | : | a hollow concave shape made by removing something (noun.shape) |
15. take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
also | : | draw in, suck in, |
definition | : | draw in as if by suction (verb.contact) |
also | : | attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in, |
definition | : | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper, |
definition | : | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | absorption, soaking up, |
definition | : | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process) |
derivation | : | absorber, |
definition | : | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance) |
16. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact)
derivation | : | sorption, |
definition | : | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) (noun.process) |
derivation | : | sorbent, sorbent material, |
definition | : | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption (noun.substance) |
17. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
derivation | : | adoption, borrowing, |
definition | : | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source (noun.act) |
derivation | : | adopted, adoptive, |
definition | : | acquired as your own by free choice (adj.all) |
18. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (verb.social)
derivation | : | start, |
definition | : | the beginning of anything (noun.event) |
derivation | : | beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time, |
definition | : | the time at which something is supposed to begin (noun.time) |
19. take out or up with or as if with a scoop (verb.contact)
derivation | : | scoop, |
definition | : | a large ladle (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | scoop, scoop shovel, |
definition | : | the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | scoop, scoopful, |
definition | : | the quantity a scoop will hold (noun.quantity) |
derivation | : | pocket, scoop, |
definition | : | a hollow concave shape made by removing something (noun.shape) |
20. take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
also | : | draw in, suck in, |
definition | : | draw in as if by suction (verb.contact) |
also | : | attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in, |
definition | : | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper, |
definition | : | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | absorption, soaking up, |
definition | : | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process) |
derivation | : | absorber, |
definition | : | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance) |
21. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact)
derivation | : | sorption, |
definition | : | the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) (noun.process) |
derivation | : | sorbent, sorbent material, |
definition | : | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption (noun.substance) |
22. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
derivation | : | adoption, borrowing, |
definition | : | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source (noun.act) |
derivation | : | adopted, adoptive, |
definition | : | acquired as your own by free choice (adj.all) |
23. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (verb.social)
derivation | : | start, |
definition | : | the beginning of anything (noun.event) |
derivation | : | beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time, |
definition | : | the time at which something is supposed to begin (noun.time) |
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