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take-up - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'take-up' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Take-up [ 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.

Meaning of 'take-up' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . take-up [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
Example in sentence:
  • a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool

Nearby Words:

take take-in take-off taken takend taker taking taking-off

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