Antonyms for soak up

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

Synonyms for soak up

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