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Word: take up
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Meaning:
Noun:
- machinery That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
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Verb:
- intransitive to resume
- rfv-sense transitive Specifically, to remove from a secure position on the floor, ground etc.
- transitive to address (an issue).
- transitive to begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
- transitive to occupy; to consume (space or time).
- transitive To pick up.
- transitive to shorten by hemming
- with on To accept from.
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