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SOP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take up as if with a sponge

Synonyms:

sop up; suck in; take in; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "sop up" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take in, also metaphorically

Example:

She drew strength from the minister's words

Synonyms:

absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sop up"):

mop; mop up; wipe up (to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop)

blot (dry (ink) with blotting paper)

sponge up (absorb as if with a sponge)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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