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uptake (iou) and Maenporth Beach (tourism)


uptake (iou)



uptake verb & noun. ME.
[from UP- + TAKE verb, noun.]
A. verb trans. Pa. t. uptook .
Perform or pursue (a flight) upwards. ME-E18.
Pick or take up; raise, lift. Long rare. arch. ME.
b. fig. Relieve from distress, take into one's care or protection. ME-M16.
Take possession of, occupy. LME-E16.
Reprove, rebuke. Long obsolete exc. Scot. rare. LME.
Obtain or exact by way of tax, contribution, or payment; levy. Scot. LME.
Comprehend, understand. Scot. & north. E17.
b. noun.
The action of or capacity for understanding; comprehension. Chiefly in quick in the uptake, quick on the uptake, slow in the uptake, slow on the uptake. Orig. Scot. E19.
A. Sillitoe In the morning he could be..impossibly slow on the uptake.
The part between the smoke-box and the bottom of the funnel of a steamship's boiler. M19.
A ventilating shaft. L19.
An upward draught or current of air. L19.
Physiology & Biochemistry. Absorption or incorporation of something by a living system. M20.
Independent Insulin regulates the uptake of sugar by all the body cells and tissues.
Positive response to a Promotion, offer, etc.; use of an available facility or service; the extent of this. Cf. TAKE-UP 2(c). L20.
uptaken adjective (obsolete exc. dial.) taken up, captivated, or charmed with something E17.
uptaker noun (Scot.) (a) a person who uptakes a person or thing; (b) = PRECENTOR: ME.

Maenporth Beach (tourism)


Maenporth Beach is in Cornwall, in South West England (Great Britain).