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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

... habit of signing contracts, of avoiding the traps laid by the agents had given them all a keen sense of business. And the frequent traveling, in the absence of education, had made them sharp at understanding, quick in the uptake. Their clean-shaven faces fell into ...

— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne

... at the Glen goes out doing jobs like that. He'll do, maybe. He's always a heap more interested in his wages than in his work, just like a man, and he's so slow in the uptake that he stands still for five minutes before it dawns on him that he's stopped. His father threw a stump at him ...

— Anne's House of Dreams • Lucy Maud Montgomery