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take up


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


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