Uptake meaning

What does “uptake” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“uptake” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).

uptake

noun

  1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

  2. a process of taking up or using up or consuming

    “they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University