Quick definitions from WordNet (take up)
▸ verb: turn one's interest to
▸ verb: take up time or space ("Take up the slack")
▸ verb: pursue or resume ("Take up a matter for consideration")
▸ verb: adopt ("Take up new ideas")
▸ verb: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job ("Take up a position")
▸ verb: return to a previous location or condition
▸ verb: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
▸ verb: accept
▸ verb: take up and practice as one's own
▸ verb: take up as if with a sponge
▸ verb: occupy or take on
▸ verb: take out or up with or as if with a scoop
▸ verb: take in, also metaphorically
▸ Also see take_ups
▸ Words similar to take up
▸ Usage examples for take up
▸ Words that often appear near take up
▸ Rhymes of take up
▸ Invented words related to take up
▸ verb: turn one's interest to
▸ verb: take up time or space ("Take up the slack")
▸ verb: pursue or resume ("Take up a matter for consideration")
▸ verb: adopt ("Take up new ideas")
▸ verb: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job ("Take up a position")
▸ verb: return to a previous location or condition
▸ verb: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
▸ verb: accept
▸ verb: take up and practice as one's own
▸ verb: take up as if with a sponge
▸ verb: occupy or take on
▸ verb: take out or up with or as if with a scoop
▸ verb: take in, also metaphorically
▸ Also see take_ups
▸ Words similar to take up
▸ Usage examples for take up
▸ Words that often appear near take up
▸ Rhymes of take up
▸ Invented words related to take up