take up

Verb
  1. Pursue or resume (synset 200349076)
    "take up a matter for consideration"
    is a type of: embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
  2. Adopt (synset 200603507)
    "take up new ideas"
    is a type of: adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep up - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
    same as: fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on
  3. Turn one's interest to (synset 202597327)
    "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
    is a type of: turn - channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
  4. Take up time or space (synset 202655595)
    "take up the slack"
    is a type of: fill, occupy - occupy the whole of
  5. Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (synset 202384670)
    "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
    subtypes: take office - assume an office, duty, or title
    same as: start
  6. Take up and practice as one's own (synset 202351720)
    is a type of: accept, have, take - receive willingly something given or offered
    same as: adopt, borrow, take over
  7. Occupy or take on (synset 201986409)
    "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"
    is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    same as: assume, strike, take
    verb group: fill, occupy, take - assume, as of positions or roles
  8. Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (synset 201543237)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
    subtypes:
    • absorb - become imbued
    • adsorb - accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
    • chemisorb - take up a substance by chemisorption
    same as: sorb
  9. Take out or up with or as if with a scoop (synset 201315031)
    "scoop the sugar out of the container"
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    subtypes: dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
    same as: lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up
  10. Accept (synset 201543626)
    "The cloth takes up the liquid"
    is a type of: have, receive - get something; come into possession of
    subtypes: fuel - take in fuel, as of a ship
    same as: take in
  11. Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
    "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    subtypes:
    same as: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in
  12. Take up as if with a sponge (synset 201200618)
    is a type of: consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    same as: sop up, suck in, take in
  13. Return to a previous location or condition (synset 200350937)
    "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: resume

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