Word
Take-up
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
take-up
Definition
- 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.
- noun - Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
- noun - The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
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