uptake

noun

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
食物を（食べることにより）口から身体に取り入れる過程
a process of taking up or using up or consuming
始める、使いきる、または消費の過程
- they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids
  彼らは液体の吸収性のより大きい紙ナプキンを開発した

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