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
  • Ten times as many people, meanwhile, reported drinking alcohol daily or almost daily.
    Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Madrid: Bar And Restaurant Mecca This year’s glitzy gala was held in Madrid–a city famed for its exciting food and drink culture and superb nightlife–bringing bartenders, cocktail aficionados and drinks media in their thousands to the Spanish capital.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of drink
Verb
  • When chytrid fungus colonizes the skin, electrolytes can’t get absorbed.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The four straightforward and thoughtfully built cubes not only absorbed all of our clothes and toiletries volume-wise, but were water resistant enough to keep wet bathing suits and stinky running socks.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of absorb
Verb
  • The bout pits one of the greatest (and most intimidating) fighters of all time against a social media star who only took up boxing in recent years.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But horror shows are a hard sell especially on broadcast networks like NBC (Hannibal might have taken up all the oxygen there) and the occult series never got picked up for a second season.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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