تعريف take up to في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
- take to
- To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master
Although he had never skated before, he took to it quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease.
- take to
- To begin, as a new habit or practice
After the third one was rejected, she took to asking the department to check the form before she submitted it.
- take to
- To enter; to go into or move towards
As the train rushed through, thousands of birds took to the air at once.
- take up
- To pick up
Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
- take up
- Specifically, to remove from a secure position on the floor, ground etc
Take up the carpet and haul it away.
- take up
- to occupy; to consume (space or time)
All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.
- take up
- to address (an issue)
Let's take this up with the manager.
- take up
- to shorten by hemming
If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.
- take up
- to resume
let's take up where we left off.
- take up
- To accept from
Shall we take them up on their offer to help us move?.
- take up
- 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
- take up
- to begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis
I wish to take up mathematics.
- take to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades
- take to
- begin with -; continue to -
- take to
- If you take to someone or something, you like them, especially after knowing them or thinking about them for only a short time. Did the children take to him?
- take to
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
- take to
- If you take to doing something, you begin to do it as a regular habit. They had taken to wandering through the streets arm-in-arm
- take to
- develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"
- take up
- take up as if with a sponge
- take up
- occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
- take up
- If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures
- take up
- If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career. He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again
- take up
- turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
- take up
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
- take up
- {f} lift; gather; start a hobby; begin a leisure-time activity (e.g., "In order that the winter months go by quickly, I am thinking of taking up ski lessons"); accept a challenge or bet
- take up
- return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
- take up
- accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
- take up
- pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
- take up
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- take up
- take up time or space; "take up the slack"
- take up
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up
- take up time or space; "take up the slack
- take up
- If you take up something such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it. Gerry's wife Jo takes up the story `No, no, no,' says Damon, taking up where Dave left off. see also take-up
- take up
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take up
- If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman
- take up
- If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir
- take up
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
- take up
- If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else. He had taken up a position in the centre of the room
- take up
- If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month
- take up
- adopt; "take up new ideas"