take up
265 synonyms found
- absorb
- absorb the attention
- accumulate
- admit
- adopt
- adsorb
- affiliate
- aggregate
- aggroup
- air
- amortize
- analyze
- annex
- arrest
- arrogate
- assemble
- assimilate
- batch
- be about
- be doing
- be engaged in
- be occupied with
- blot
- blot up
- bring together
- buckle to
- bulk
- bunch
- bunch together
- bunch up
- campaign for
- carry
- carry on
- catch
- charm
- chemisorb
- chemosorb
- clear
- clump
- colligate
- collocate
- colonize
- combine
- come out
- commence
- comment upon
- compare
- compile
- comprehend
- comprise
- conduct
- conglomerate
- consider
- contain
- controvert
- corral
- count in
- criticize
- crusade for
- cull
- cumulate
- deal with
- debate
- deliberate
- deliberate upon
- descant
- device
- dig up
- digest
- discourse
- discourse about
- discuss
- dissert
- dissertate
- drag up
- draw together
- draw up
- dredge
- dredge up
- drink in
- drink up
- drive together
- embark in
- embark on
- embark upon
- embody
- embrace
- employ
- enchant
- encircle
- encompass
- engage
- engage in
- engage the attention
- engage the mind
- engage the thoughts
- engross
- engross the mind
- engross the thoughts
- enslave
- enter
- enter on
- enter upon
- enthrall
- envisage
- espouse
- examine
- exchange views
- fall into
- fall to
- fascinate
- fill in
- fill out
- fish up
- gather in
- gather together
- gather up
- get at
- get hold of
- get in
- get off
- get together
- get under way
- glean
- glom on to
- go about
- go at
- go in for
- go into
- go upon
- grub
- grub up
- haul up
- have at
- hog
- hoist
- hold spellbound
- hold the interest
- hypnotize
- imbibe
- include
- incorporate
- indent
- infiltrate
- initiate
- inquire into
- investigate
- involve
- involve the interest
- join
- jump a claim
- juxtapose
- knock around
- launch forth
- launch into
- lay about
- lay hands on
- liquidate
- lump together
- make accounts square
- make free with
- make up
- make use of
- mesmerize
- mobilize
- monopolize
- move into
- muster
- number among
- obsess
- occupy
- occupy the attention
- osmose
- overrun
- pair
- partner
- pass under review
- patronize
- pay in full
- pay off
- pay the bill
- pay the shot
- pay up
- percolate in
- pick up
- pitch into
- pluck
- pluck up
- plunge into
- preempt
- preoccupy
- prepossess
- proceed to
- prosecute
- pursue
- put together
- rake up
- rally
- rap
- ratify
- reason about
- reason the point
- reckon among
- reckon in
- reckon with
- redeem
- remark upon
- requisition
- retire
- round up
- satisfy
- scare up
- scrape together
- scrape up
- seep in
- set about
- set at
- set forward
- set going
- set to
- settle
- sift
- sit on
- slurp up
- soak in
- soak up
- sorb
- specialize in
- spellbind
- sponsor
- square accounts
- squat on
- strike a balance
- subjugate
- swill up
- tackle
- take all of
- take in
- take into account
- take into consideration
- take it all
- take on
- take over
- take possession
- take possession of
- take to
- talk about
- talk of
- talk over
- thresh out
- tightening
- touch upon
- treat of
- turn to
- undertake
- uphold
- uplift
- upraise
- uprear
- ventilate
- venture upon
- wage
- whip in
- work at
- write up
Definition
(n) :
that which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch
"the books on finance take up three shelves."