uptake
up·take
(ŭp′tāk′)n.
1. A passage for drawing up smoke or air.
2. Understanding; comprehension: very quick on the uptake.
3. An act of taking in or absorbing, especially into a living organism.
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uptake
(ˈʌpˌteɪk)n
1. (Building) a pipe, shaft, etc, that is used to convey smoke or gases, esp one that connects a furnace to a chimney
2. (Mining & Quarrying) mining another term for upcast2
3. taking up or lifting up
4. the act of accepting or taking up something on offer or available
5. quick on the uptake informal quick to understand or learn
6. slow on the uptake informal slow to understand or learn
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up•take
(ˈʌpˌteɪk)n.
1. mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
2. an act or instance of taking up.
3. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air.
4. the absorption of substances, as nutrients, by the tissues.
[1810–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)deglutition, swallow, drink - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" |
| 2. |  uptake - a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"human process - a process in which human beings are involved reuptake, re-uptake - a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters" |
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Translations
فَهْم، إدراك
rychle/pomalu chápavý
i vendingen
skilningur; vera fljótur aî grípa/skilja
nepagavus
apķērīgsatjautīgs
çabuk/yavaş kavrayan
uptake
[ˈʌpteɪk] N
1. (= understanding) to be quick on the uptake → ser muy listo, agarrar las cosas al vuelo
to be slow on the uptake → ser corto (de entendederas)
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uptake
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
uptake
(ˈapteik) : quick, slow on the uptakequick or slow to understand. She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.
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up·take
n. absorción, fijación o incorporación de alguna sustancia a un organismo vivo;
___ and storage → toma y almacenamiento.
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