consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
(noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
uptake
(noun) a process of taking up or using up or consuming; “they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
uptake (countable and uncountable, plural uptakes)
Understanding; comprehension.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
The act of lifting or taking up.
(dated) A chimney.
(dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
uptake (third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptaking, simple past uptook, past participle uptaken)
(archaic) To take up, to lift.
To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
• take up, take-up, takeup
Source: Wiktionary
Up*take", v. t.
Definition: To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.
Up"take`, n. (Steam Boilers)
1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
