verb. pursue or resume take up a matter for consideration |
verb. adopt take up new ideas |
verb. turn one's interest to He took up herpetology at the age of fifty |
verb. take up time or space take up the slack |
verb. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job Take up a position|start a new job |
verb. take up and practice as one's own |
verb. occupy or take on 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 |
verb. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption |
verb. take out or up with or as if with a scoop scoop the sugar out of the container |
verb. accept The cloth takes up the liquid |
verb. take in, also metaphorically The sponge absorbs water well|She drew strength from the minister's words |
verb. take up as if with a sponge |
verb. return to a previous location or condition The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it |
