take up
Meanings
- any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom);
- the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
- pursue or resume;
- "take up a matter for consideration"
- adopt;
- turn one's interest to;
- take up time or space;
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
- take up and practice as one's own
- occupy or take on;
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop;
- accept;
- take in, also metaphorically;
- take up as if with a sponge
- return to a previous location or condition;