take up

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verb

1. pursue or resume (Freq. 9)
- take up a matter for consideration
• Hypernyms:
embark, enter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. adopt (Freq. 5)
- take up new ideas
• Syn:
latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
• Hypernyms:
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something
3. turn one's interest to (Freq. 4)
- He took up herpetology at the age of fifty
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
4. take up time or space (Freq. 3)
- take up the slack
• Hypernyms:
occupy, fill
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (Freq. 2)
- Take up a position
- start a new job
• Syn:
start
• Derivationally related forms:
start (for: start)
• Hyponyms:
take office
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. take up and practice as one's own (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
adopt, borrow, take over
• Derivationally related forms:
adoptive (for: adopt), adoption (for: adopt)
• Hypernyms:
accept, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
7. occupy or take on (Freq. 1)
- He assumes the lotus position
- She took her seat on the stage
- We took our seats in the orchestra
- She took up her position behind the tree
- strike a pose
• Syn:
assume, take, strike
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Group:
fill, take, occupy
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. take out or up with or as if with a scoop (Freq. 1)
- scoop the sugar out of the container
• Syn:
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up
• Derivationally related forms:
scoop (for: scoop)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
dip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
sorb
• Derivationally related forms:
sorption (for: sorb), sorbent (for: sorb)
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
absorb, adsorb, chemisorb
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
10. accept
- The cloth takes up the liquid
• Syn:
take in
• Hypernyms:
receive, have
• Hyponyms:
fuel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
11. return to a previous location or condition
- The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it
• Syn:
resume
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
12. take in, also metaphorically
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
• Syn:
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up,
suck up, draw, take in
• See Also:
draw in (for: draw), suck in (for: suck)
• Derivationally related forms:
imbiber (for: imbibe), suck (for: suck), sucker (for: suck), absorption (for: absorb), absorber (for: absorb)
• Hyponyms:
wipe up, mop up, mop, blot, sponge up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
13. take up as if with a sponge
• Syn:
take in, sop up, suck in
• Hypernyms:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something