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noun
any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
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"a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"

type of:
device
noun
the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
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type of:
tightening

Antonyms of take up

stop stay bring finish empty add refuse lack lend exit deposit reject emit abstain disembark stand still drop out leave office let out