Hyphenation of uptake

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word uptake? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

up-take

Definitions of uptake:

1.	The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2.	A process of taking up or using up or consuming They developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids

Synonyms of uptake:

noun	consumption, ingestion, intake, bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
noun	process

Last hyphenations of this language

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