Words Like UPTAKE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to UPTAKE.
    
    
    
        
            15 Alternative Words Similar to uptake
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of uptake
           
        
    1
    
        To take into the hand; to take up; to help.
    
    
    
 
    2
    
        The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
    
    
    
 
    3
    
        Understanding; apprehension.
    
    
    
 
    4
    
        the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
    
    
    
 
    5
    
        a process of taking up or using up or consuming
    
    
    
 
    6
    
        A passage for drawing up smoke or air.
    
    
    
 
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        Understanding; comprehension:  very quick on the uptake. 
    
    
    
 
    8
    
        An act of taking in or absorbing, especially into a living organism.
    
    
    
 
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        A pipe or duct or channel leading gas, water, steam, or other liquid upward from below: used of part of a boiler furnace flue-system, in the gas-producer, blast-furnace, and elsewhere; specifically, a flue leading hot gas from the combustion-chamber or smoke-box to the chimney, in gas-making or in boiler-settings.
    
    
    
 
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        To take up; take into the hand.