take up
Verb
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Pursue or resume (synset 200349076)
"take up a matter for consideration"
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Adopt (synset 200603507)
"take up new ideas"
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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
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Take up time or space (synset 202655595)
"take up the slack"
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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 titlesame as: start
- Take up and practice as one's own (synset 202351720)
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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
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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 reactionsis a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or actionsubtypes:same as: sorb
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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 abstractsubtypes: dip - scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
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Accept (synset 201543626)
"The cloth takes up the liquid"subtypes: fuel - take in fuel, as of a shipsame as: take in
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Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"subtypes:
- Take up as if with a sponge (synset 201200618)
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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 naturesame as: resume
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