uptake

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: up=take

CIDE DICTIONARY

uptake, v. t. 

 To take into the hand; to take up; to help.  Wyclif. Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

uptake, n. 

•  The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.  [1913 Webster]
•  Understanding; apprehension.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

uptake, n.
1 colloq. understanding; comprehension (esp. quick or slow on the uptake).
2 the act or an instance of taking up.