Soak Up

Definition: Soak Up

Soak Up

Verb

1. Take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words".

2. Engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Soak Up

Dryness

Render dry. Adjective: dry; dry up, soak up; sponge, swab, wipe; drain.

Crosswords: Soak Up

Every night I watch the sunset and soak up every last ray of its warmth, and send it from my heart to yours. (Pearl Harbor; writing credit: Randall Wallace)

I'm gonna soak up the sun (Soak Up the Sun; performing artist: SHERYL CROW)

SOAK UP THE SUN (performing artist: SHERYL CROW)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Math Sponges Enriching Ways to Soak Up Spare Moments (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Soak Up the Sun / Chances Are / You Are Not One [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

As a result, not enough protein is left in the blood to soak up the water. (references)

These medications act like sponges to soak up, or bind, phosphorus while it is in the stomach. (references)

Also, because the protein has left your body, your blood can no longer soak up enough fluid and you may notice swelling in your hands, feet, abdomen, or face. Alternatively, you may have proteinuria without noticing any signs or symptoms. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Rural industrial development would spur growth and soak up the excess labor. (references)

Trade

Honduras

Monetary authorities continued measures to soak up excess liquidity in the financial system in order to maintain price stability and accumulate international reserves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

thith (absorb, draw, draw down, drink, imbibe, immerse, inhale, nipple, pull at, snuff, soak, sop, suck, suck in, take up), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), gëlltit (absorb, consume, engorge, engross, engulf, ingest, ingulf, ingurgitate, Raven, sup, swallow, swallow up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إمتص (absorb, drink, drink in, imbibe). (various references)

Bulgarian 

поглъщам (absorb, adsorb, devour, engorge, engross, engulf, imbibe, ingulf, ingurgitate, pouch, prepossess, soak, suck, suck down, suck in, suck up, swallow, swamp, take down, take in, take over, whelm). (various references)

Czech

vstřebávat (imbibe), vsáknout (soak in), nasáknout, absorbovat (absorb, occlude). (various references)

French

absorber. (various references)

German

schlucken (absorb, booze, gulp, guzzle, hiccup, kill, lap up, put away, quaff, shift, swallow, swallow up, to swallow, wear), in sich hineinkippen, genießen (delight in, drink, eat, enjoy, feed, lap up, relish, savor, savour, to enjoy, to relish, to savor), einziehen (breathe in, bring in, call in, call up, collect, confiscate, conscript, draft, draw in, draw up, duck, gather in, haul in, hold in, hunch, indent, induct, levy, lower, march in, move in, move into, muster in, pull in, put in, recall, requisition, retract, retraction, seize, settle in, sniff, soak in, suck in, take away, take in, thread, to move in, wind in, withdraw), einsaugen (absorb, breathe in, sip, suck in), einnehmen (capture, carry, collect, earn, fill, occupy, prepossess, take, take up, to take up, use), aufsaugen (absorb, imbibe, intake, resorb, sip, suck in, take up, to absorb, to resorb, vacuum up). (various references)

Greek 

απορροφώ (absorb, engross, imbibe, mop, occlude). (various references)

Hungarian

felszív (adsorb, imbibe, pump up, to absorb, to drink up, to imbibe, to incept, to snuff, to soak up, to sop, to suck, to suck up, to swallow up, to take up). (various references)

Italian

assorbire (absorb, adsorb, assimilate, blot, engross, imbibe, merge, preoccupy, sop up, sponge, suck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

汗取り (undergarment designed to soak up sweat). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あせとり (undergarment designed to soak up sweat). (various references)

Manx

soo (absorption, blot, blot as paper, exhaust, exhaustion, extract, extraction; goodness of food; berry, extraction; goodness; berry, imbibe, jam, preserve, sap, sip; blotting, soak, soaking, suck, sucking, suction, tipple, tippling). (various references)

Pig Latin

oaksay upay

Portuguese

chupar (aspirate, blot, suck), beber (absorb, be filled, be fuddled, be inspired, bear, carouse, consume, down, drink, drink away, drink to excess, endure, fuddle, imbibe, lush, take, tipple, tolerate), absorver (absorb, absorbing, adsorb, assimilate, drink, engorge, engross, imbibe, impregnate, occlude, occupy, sip, soak, swallow). (various references)

Russian 

впитывать (absorb, drink in, imbibe, soak in, sop up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

upiti (absorb, imbibe, soak, sop). (various references)

Spanish

empapar (drench, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, souse, steep), embeber (imbibe), absorber (absorb, absorber, drink in, engross, lap up, occlude, preoccupy, sop up, suck in, take up). (various references)

Swedish

suga upp (absorb, imbibe, siphon off, sop up). (various references)

Thai

จุ่มใน (soak with). (various references)

Turkish

sünger gibi çekmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

усмоктувати (absorb, adsorb, imbibe, sink in, suck, suck up), промокати (sop). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: auks, koas, kops, oaks, okas, opus, skua, soak, soap, souk, soup, upas.

-3 letters: ask, asp, auk, kas, koa, kop, kos, oak, oka, ops, pas, pus, sap, sau, ska, sop, sou, spa, sup, upo, ups.

-4 letters: as, ka, op, os, pa, so, up, us.

+1 letter: padouks.

+2 letters: outspeak.

+3 letters: outspeaks.

+4 letters: outsparkle.

+5 letters: doublespeak, leukopenias, loudspeaker, outsparkled, outsparkles, outspeaking.