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