take up
- v pursue or resume
- v adopt
- v turn one's interest to
- v take up time or space
- v begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- v take up and practice as one's own
- v occupy or take on
- v take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- v take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- v accept
- v take in, also metaphorically
- v take up as if with a sponge
- v return to a previous location or condition