1. Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
   "a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool" 
2. The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

1. Pursue or resume
   "take up a matter for consideration" 
2. Adopt
   "take up new ideas"
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Derived forms: taken up, took up, takes up, take-ups, taking up

See also: take

Type of: accept, adopt, change, change state, consume, device, embark, embrace, enter, espouse, fill, have, ingest, move, occupy, receive, remove, sweep up, take, take away, take in, tightening, turn, withdraw

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