English dictionary

take-up

/t/eI/k_/@/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)

noun.artifact

Examples
A take-up that winds photographic film on a spool.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0