| NOUN | artifact | take-up | any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) |
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| act | take-up | the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in |
| Meaning | Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom). | |
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| Example | "a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool" | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Meaning | The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in. | |
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| Broader | tightening | The act of making something tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter / tighter |
| Spanish | absorción | |
| Catalan | absorció | |
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