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