All 9 Uses of

resume
in
Atlas Shrugged

They waited until the door closed after him, then resumed their seats; they did not look at one another.†
Chpt 2.6 *

resumed = began again

He was describing in over colored detail her month of convalescence in the lonely cabin of a sheepherder, then her heroic trudging down fifty miles of mountain trails for the sake of resuming her duties to the people in this grave hour of national emergency.†
Chpt 3.3

resuming = beginning again

"Look," said Mr. Thompson placatingly, resuming the edge of his seat.†
Chpt 3.8

resuming = beginning again

She stood still, looking up at him, the posture of her body slouched and loose, as if its sloppiness were a form of defiance, as if she did not care to resume for his sake the discipline of a graceful bearing.†
Chpt 2.5

She saw the chief engineer's report still lying open on her desk, and thought that she had to order him at once to resume the work on the Winston section, then remembered that it was not her problem any longer.†
Chpt 2.6

The first few steps were hard, but by the time they reached the door, he was able to resume the motions of walking.†
Chpt 3.10

Definitions:

(1) (resume as in: resume the meeting)
begin or take again

This sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
(2) (résumé as in: submitted her résumé)
a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment application

In practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.