English to English
noun
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a process of taking up or using up or consuming
They developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
source: Webster 1913