sop up
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1. take up as if with a sponge (verb.consumption)
2. take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
hyponym | : | mop, mop up, wipe up, |
definition | : | to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | blot, |
definition | : | dry (ink) with blotting paper (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | sponge up, |
definition | : | absorb as if with a sponge (verb.contact) |
also | : | draw in, suck in, |
definition | : | draw in as if by suction (verb.contact) |
also | : | attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in, |
definition | : | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper, |
definition | : | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | absorption, soaking up, |
definition | : | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process) |
derivation | : | absorber, |
definition | : | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance) |
also | : | draw in, suck in, |
definition | : | draw in as if by suction (verb.contact) |
also | : | attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in, |
definition | : | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper, |
definition | : | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person) |
derivation | : | absorption, soaking up, |
definition | : | (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process) |
derivation | : | absorber, |
definition | : | (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance) |
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