uptake
/ʌpˈteɪk/ verb C2- To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
- To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
He/she/it uptakes · Past uptook · Past participle uptaken · -ing form uptaking
Verb forms
- Base form
- uptake
- He/she/it
- uptakes
- Past
- uptook
- Past participle
- uptaken
- -ing form
- uptaking
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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