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1. take-up -- (a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion).
2. take-up -- (the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in).

1. take up -- (pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration").
2. take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on -- (adopt; "take up new ideas").
3. take up -- (turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty").
4. take up -- (take up time or space; "take up the slack").
5. start, take up -- (begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job").
6. adopt, borrow, take over, take up -- (take up and practice as one's own).
7. assume, take, strike, take up -- (occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose").
8. sorb, take up -- (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption).
9. scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up -- (take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container").
10. take in, take up -- (accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid").
11. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words").
12. take in, sop up, suck in, take up -- (take up as if with a sponge).
13. resume, take up -- (return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it").

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