soak (up)

verb

Definition of soak (up)next
as in to drink
to take in (something liquid) through small openings this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak (up)
  1. drink
  2. absorb
  3. take up
Verb
  • Between dinner parties, cookie exchanges and festive cocktails, most people report eating and drinking more than usual during the holidays, gaining on average 1 to 2 pounds of body weight.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Two blocks away, people drank at a bar, seemingly as if nothing happened.
    ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of drink
Verb
  • Panama’s Minister of Environment, Juan Carlos Navarro, explained his country is carbon-negative because its rainforests absorb more CO2 than its economy emits.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • As industrial agriculture rose in the 1920s, Big Cheese soon took over: Kraft Foods bought the Velveeta Company in 1927, and Borden absorbed the Monroe Cheese Company in 1929.
    David Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of absorb
Verb
  • Homes listed over $1 million are taking up a larger share of the market, per Redfin.
    Brianna Crane, Axios, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For example, our Pritchard Hill Cask Finish can take up to 15 months to complete when the barrels are placed in containers in November.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of take up
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“Soak (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.

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