Определение слова «uptake» на английский

noun

1. Understanding; comprehension.

2. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

3. The act of lifting or taking up.

4. (dated) A chimney.

5. (dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

verb

1. (archaic) To take up, to lift.

2. To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.

3. To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.