take up

Verb
  1. Pursue or resume (synset 200349076)
    "take up a matter for consideration"
  2. Adopt (synset 200603507)
    "take up new ideas"
  3. Turn one's interest to (synset 202597327)
    "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
  4. Take up time or space (synset 202655595)
    "take up the slack"
  5. Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (synset 202384670)
    "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
  6. Take up and practice as one's own (synset 202351720)
  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"
  8. Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (synset 201543237)
  9. Take out or up with or as if with a scoop (synset 201315031)
    "scoop the sugar out of the container"
  10. Accept (synset 201543626)
    "The cloth takes up the liquid"
  11. Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
    "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
  12. Take up as if with a sponge (synset 201200618)
  13. Return to a previous location or condition (synset 200350937)
    "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"

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