take-up

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from take up. === Noun === take-up (countable and uncountable, plural take-ups) The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in. (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.). ==== Translations ==== === See also === uptake === Anagrams === uptake