uptake

Etymology

From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).

noun

  1. Understanding; comprehension.
  2. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
  3. The act of lifting or taking up.
  4. (dated) A chimney.
  5. (dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

verb

  1. (archaic) To take up, to lift.
  2. To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
  3. To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

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