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(verb) pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration" |
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Related Words: embark, enter |
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(verb) adopt, as of ideas |
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Synonyms: fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on |
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Related Words: adapt, embrace, espouse, sweep up |
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(verb) turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty" |
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Synonyms: turn to |
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Related Words: carry out, do, exercise, practice, practise |
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(verb) take up time or space; "take up the slack" |
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Related Words: fill, occupy |
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(verb) return to a previous location or condition: "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" |
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Synonyms: resume |
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Related Words: change |
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(verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; in chemistry |
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Synonyms: sorb |
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Related Words: absorb, adsorb, change state, chemisorb, turn |
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(verb) accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid" |
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Synonyms: take in |
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Related Words: fuel, have, receive |
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(verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job" |
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Synonyms: start |
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Related Words: take office |
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(verb) occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "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" |
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Synonyms: assume, take |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) take up as if with a sponge |
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Synonyms: sop up, suck in, take in |
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Related Words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in |
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(verb) take up and practice as one's own |
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Synonyms: adopt, borrow, take over |
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Related Words: accept, draw on, have, take |
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(verb) take out or up with or as if with a scoop |
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Synonyms: lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(verb) be able to take in, as of liquids; "The sponge absorbs water well" |
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Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in |
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Related Words: blot, mop, mop up, sponge up, wipe up |
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