v.
1.pursue or resume
2.adopt
3.turn one's interest to
4.take up time or space
5.begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
6.take up and practice as one's own
7.occupy or take on
8.take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
9.take out or up with or as if with a scoop 10.accept 11.take in, also metaphorically 12.take up as if with a sponge 13.return to a previous location or condition
Idiom of the Day
take the starch out of (someone)
to make someone less arrogant, to make someone tired and weak
The criticism by the teacher took the starch out of the girl who thought that she was the best in the class.