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Uptake

noun

The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, intake.

A process of taking up or using up or consuming.

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"Uptake" Quotes from Famous Books

... cleared of snow and ice. Two unrecognizable sweeps greeted us heartily, they were Bill and Meares; the dogs howled a chorus for our benefit; it was quite like coming home. Inside the hut, the cause of the blackness was apparent, they had a blubber fire going, an open one, with no chimney or uptake for the smoke. After such a long open-air life it fairly choked me, and for once I could not eat a square meal. We all slept in a row against the west wall of the hut with ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... frowned. This slowness in the uptake, coming so soon after her brother's inattention, ...

— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

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