Main entry: take up
Definition: pursue or resume
Usage: take up a matter for consideration
Definition: return to a previous location or condition
Usage: The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it
Main entry: fasten on, take up, hook on, seize on, latch on
Definition: adopt
Usage: take up new ideas
Main entry: take in, take up, suck in, sop up
Definition: take up as if with a sponge
Main entry: take up, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, lift out
Definition: take out or up with or as if with a scoop
Usage: scoop the sugar out of the container
Main entry: take in, take up, suck, suck up, imbibe, draw, soak up, sop up, absorb
Definition: take in, also metaphorically
Usage: The sponge absorbs water well; She drew strength from the minister's words
Definition: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Definition: accept
Usage: The cloth takes up the liquid
Main entry: strike, take, take up, assume
Definition: occupy or take on
Usage: 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
Main entry: take over, take up, borrow, adopt
Definition: take up and practice as one's own
Definition: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
Usage: Take up a position; start a new job
Main entry: take up
Definition: turn one's interest to
Usage: He took up herpetology at the age of fifty
Main entry: take up
Definition: take up time or space
Usage: take up the slack