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take up

Definitions

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  • noun machinery That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
  • verb transitive To pick up.
  • verb transitive To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
  • verb transitive To address (an issue).
  • verb transitive To occupy; to consume (space or time).
  • verb transitive, sewing To shorten by hemming.
  • verb transitive, with on To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
  • verb intransitive to resume
  • verb To implement, to employ, to put into use.

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synonyms (314)

Words with the same meaning

  1. absorb
  2. absorb the attention
  3. accept
  4. accumulate
  5. admit
  6. adopt
  7. adsorb
  8. affiliate
  9. agglomerate
  10. aggregate
  11. aggroup
  12. air
  13. amass
  14. amortize
  15. analyze
  16. annex
  17. appropriate
  18. approve
  19. arrest
  20. arrogate
  21. assemble
  22. assimilate
  23. assume
  24. attack
  25. attempt
  26. batch
  27. be about
  28. be doing
  29. be engaged in
  30. be occupied with
  31. blot
  32. blot up
  33. bring together
  34. buckle to
  35. bulk
  36. bunch
  37. bunch together
  38. bunch up
  39. campaign for
  40. canvass
  41. carry
  42. carry on
  43. catch
  44. charm
  45. chemisorb
  46. chemosorb
  47. clear
  48. clump
  49. cluster
  50. collect
  51. colligate
  52. collocate
  53. colonize
  54. combine
  55. come out
  56. commence
  57. comment upon
  58. compare
  59. compile
  60. complete
  61. comprehend
  62. comprise
  63. conduct
  64. conglomerate
  65. conquer
  66. consider
  67. contain
  68. controvert
  69. corral
  70. count in
  71. cover
  72. criticize
  73. crusade for
  74. cull
  75. cumulate
  76. deal with
  77. debate
  78. deliberate
  79. deliberate upon
  80. descant
  81. dig up
  82. digest
  83. discharge
  84. discourse
  85. discourse about
  86. discuss
  87. dissert
  88. dissertate
  89. do
  90. drag up
  91. draw together
  92. draw up
  93. dredge
  94. dredge up
  95. drink
  96. drink in
  97. drink up
  98. drive together
  99. elevate
  100. embark in
  101. embark on
  102. embark upon
  103. embody
  104. embrace
  105. employ
  106. enchant
  107. encircle
  108. enclose
  109. encompass
  110. endeavor
  111. engage
  112. engage in
  113. engage the attention
  114. engage the mind
  115. engage the thoughts
  116. engross
  117. engross the mind
  118. engross the thoughts
  119. enslave
  120. enter
  121. enter on
  122. enter upon
  123. enthrall
  124. envisage
  125. espouse
  126. examine
  127. exchange views
  128. exercise
  129. fall into
  130. fall to
  131. fascinate
  132. fill
  133. fill in
  134. fill out
  135. fish up
  136. follow
  137. gather
  138. gather in
  139. gather together
  140. gather up
  141. get at
  142. get hold of
  143. get in
  144. get off
  145. get together
  146. get under way
  147. glean
  148. glom on to
  149. go about
  150. go at
  151. go in for
  152. go into
  153. go upon
  154. grab
  155. grip
  156. group
  157. grub
  158. grub up
  159. handle
  160. haul up
  161. have at
  162. hog
  163. hoist
  164. hold
  165. hold spellbound
  166. hold the interest
  167. honor
  168. hypnotize
  169. imbibe
  170. immerse
  171. include
  172. incorporate
  173. indent
  174. infiltrate
  175. initiate
  176. inquire into
  177. investigate
  178. involve
  179. involve the interest
  180. join
  181. jump a claim
  182. juxtapose
  183. kick
  184. knock around
  185. launch forth
  186. launch into
  187. lay about
  188. lay hands on
  189. lift
  190. liquidate
  191. lump together
  192. make accounts square
  193. make free with
  194. make up
  195. make use of
  196. mass
  197. match
  198. mesmerize
  199. mobilize
  200. monopolize
  201. move into
  202. muster
  203. number among
  204. obsess
  205. occupy
  206. occupy the attention
  207. osmose
  208. overrun
  209. pair
  210. partner
  211. pass
  212. pass under review
  213. patronize
  214. pay in full
  215. pay off
  216. pay the bill
  217. pay the shot
  218. pay up
  219. percolate in
  220. pick
  221. pick up
  222. pitch into
  223. pluck
  224. pluck up
  225. plunge into
  226. practice
  227. preempt
  228. preoccupy
  229. prepossess
  230. proceed to
  231. prosecute
  232. pursue
  233. put together
  234. raise
  235. rake up
  236. rally
  237. rap
  238. ratify
  239. rear
  240. reason
  241. reason about
  242. reason the point
  243. receive
  244. reckon among
  245. reckon in
  246. reckon with
  247. redeem
  248. remark upon
  249. requisition
  250. retire
  251. review
  252. round up
  253. satisfy
  254. scare up
  255. scrape together
  256. scrape up
  257. seep in
  258. set about
  259. set at
  260. set forward
  261. set going
  262. set to
  263. settle
  264. sift
  265. sit on
  266. slurp up
  267. soak in
  268. soak up
  269. sorb
  270. specialize in
  271. spellbind
  272. sponge
  273. sponsor
  274. square
  275. square accounts
  276. squat on
  277. strike a balance
  278. study
  279. subjugate
  280. survey
  281. swill up
  282. tackle
  283. take all of
  284. take in
  285. take into account
  286. take into consideration
  287. take it all
  288. take on
  289. take over
  290. take possession
  291. take possession of
  292. take to
  293. talk
  294. talk about
  295. talk of
  296. talk over
  297. thresh out
  298. touch upon
  299. treat
  300. treat of
  301. turn to
  302. undertake
  303. uphold
  304. uplift
  305. upraise
  306. uprear
  307. use
  308. usurp
  309. ventilate
  310. venture upon
  311. wage
  312. whip in
  313. work at
  314. write up

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