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uptake
noun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
synonyms:
consumption
,
ingestion
,
intake
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eating
,
feeding
the act of consuming food
deglutition
,
drink
,
swallow
the act of swallowing
suck
,
sucking
,
suction
the act of sucking
drinking
,
imbibing
,
imbibition
the act of consuming liquids
mycophagy
the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)
bite
,
chomp
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
browse
,
browsing
the act of feeding by continual nibbling
coprophagia
,
coprophagy
eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
aerophagia
swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
draft
,
draught
,
gulp
,
swig
a large and hurried swallow
dining
the act of eating dinner
engorgement
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
banqueting
,
feasting
eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
graze
,
grazing
the act of grazing
lunching
the act of eating lunch
repletion
,
surfeit
eating until excessively full
supping
ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
degustation
,
relishing
,
savoring
,
savouring
,
tasting
taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
necrophagia
,
necrophagy
feeding on corpses or carrion
omophagia
the eating of raw food
scatophagy
the eating of excrement or other filth
gulping
,
guzzling
,
swilling
the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
sip
a small drink
potation
the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
type of:
activity
,
bodily function
,
bodily process
,
body process
an organic process that takes place in the body
noun
a process of taking up or using up or consuming
“they developed paper napkins with a greater
uptake
of liquids”
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re-uptake
,
reuptake
a process of using up or consuming again
type of:
human process
a process in which human beings are involved
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