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Grammar : Verb
Spell : sohk
Phonetic Transcription : soʊk



Definition of soak up

Origin :
  • Old English socian (intransitive) "to soak, to lie in liquid," from Proto-Germanic *sukon (cf. West Flemish soken), possibly from PIE *sug-, from root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (see sup (v.2)). Transitive sense "drench, permeate thoroughly" is from mid-14c.; that of "cause to lie in liquid" is from early 15c. Meaning "take up by absorption" is from 1550s. Slang meaning "to overcharge" first recorded 1895. Related: Soaked; soaking. As a noun, mid-15c., from the verb.
  • As in learn : verb acquire information
  • As in absorb : verb physically take in a liquid
  • As in absorb : verb mentally take in information
  • As in mop : verb clean by using water and cloth
  • As in assimilate : verb absorb mentally
  • As in take in : verb understand
  • As in preoccupy : verb absorb
  • As in sup : verb drink
  • As in tank up : verb drink
  • As in drink : verb take in liquid
  • As in dry : verb take moisture out of
Example sentences :
  • When dried they are of very little use, and serve only to soak up good gravy, from which they take more flavour than they give.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • It is so adjusted as to soak up all evidence that helps it, and shed all that harms it.
  • Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • It will soak up the rest, and you can start the fire with them.
  • Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn
  • But he continued to soak up a little—not much, but a little.
  • Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White
  • “Not more than I can soak up,” replied Norrak, looking back with a laugh.
  • Extract from : « Red Rooney » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Make a mixture of milk and raw eggs, enough to soak up in six rusks.
  • Extract from : « The Belgian Cookbook » by Various
  • Some absorbent is used to soak up the tubercle-forming organisms.
  • Extract from : « Clovers and How to Grow Them » by Thomas Shaw
  • I began to soak up the fact that none of the kids on the TV had wings.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • There are several grades and weaves on the market some being loosely woven and they soak up water like cheesecloth.
  • Extract from : « Touring Afoot » by Claude Powell Fordyce
  • Keep a little tissue paper in the bottle to soak up moisture and to prevent the specimens from rubbing.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg

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