Word Meanings - TAKE-UP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Slacking
  of Slacken
• Threadbare
  Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
• THREADSHAPED
  Having the form of a thread; filiform.
• Drawhead
  The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.
• Machined
  of Machine
• Slackening
  of Slacken
• Threadbareness
  The state of being threadbare.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Drawable
  Capable of being drawn.
• Drawing knife
  Alt. of Drawknife
• Machiner
  One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
• Slacken
  To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
• Threaden
  Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet.
• Complete
  Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
• Drawback
  A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
• Drawknife
  A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
• Machinery
  Machines, in general, or collectively.

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