Word

uptake, n.
(uptakes)
freq. cnt. 5

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

consumption ingestion intake uptake

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

consume

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ingest

semantic pointers

hypernym

activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process

hyponym

feeding, eating swallow, drink, deglutition suck, sucking, suction drinking, imbibing, imbibition

a process of taking up or using up or consuming
<noun.process>

uptake

sample sentences

"they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"

semantic pointers

hypernym

human process

hyponym

reuptake, re-uptake