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take-up

DEFINITIONS OF: take-up

1

n the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in

Type of:
tightening
the act of making something tighter

n any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)

“a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool”
Type of:
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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