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soak up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  soak up - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"imbibe, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in, drawmop, mop up, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"blot - dry (ink) with blotting papersponge up - absorb as if with a sponge; "sponge up the spilled milk on the counter" | | 2. | soak up - devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"engross, engulf, steep, immerse, absorb, plungeimmerse, plunge - cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"drink in, drink - be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" |
soakverb1. To make thoroughly wet:douse, drench, saturate, sodden, sop, souse, wet.2. To saturate (something) with a liquid:steep.Chemistry: infuse.3. To take in (moisture or liquid).Also used with up:absorb, drink, imbibe, sop up, take up.4. Informal. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally.Also used with up:absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe, take up.5. Informal. To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple.Informal: nip.Slang: booze, lush, tank up.Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle .6. Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:fleece, overcharge.Slang: clip, gouge, nick, rip off, scalp, skin.Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .phrasal verb
soak inTo come as a realization:dawn on (or upon), register, sink in.nounSlang. A person who is habitually drunk:drunk, drunkard, inebriate, sot, tippler.Slang: boozehound, boozer, lush, rummy, souse, sponge, stiff.Translationssoak (səuk) verb1. to (let) stand in a liquid. She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water. 浸泡 浸泡2. to make very wet. That shower has completely soaked my clothes. 濕透 湿透3. (with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate. The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage. 滲透 渗透soaked adjective (often with through). She got soaked (through) in that shower. 濕透的 湿透的-soakedrain-soaked / blood-soaked clothing 濕(滲)透的 湿（渗）透的 ˈsoaking adjective very wet. She took off her soaking garments. 濕透的 湿透的soaking wet soaking; very wet. I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet. 濕淋淋的，濕透的 湿淋淋的，全身湿透的 soak up to draw in or suck up; to absorb. You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth. 吸收(水等) 吸收（水等） soak up
soak up1. To absorb or gather moisture or liquid. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soak" and "up." Use a paper towel to soak excess fat up after you cook the sausages. The paramedic applied a second bandage to help soak up the blood.2. By extension, to absorb or take in all or as much of something as possible. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soak" and "up." I can't wait to be on the beach soaking up the sun! She was captivated by the class, soaking up the teacher's every word. I always try to soak his advice up whenever he offers it.See also: soak, upsoak something up 1. Lit. to gather up moisture or a liquid, using an absorbent cloth, paper, etc. Alice soaked the spill up with a sponge. she soaked up the spilled milk. 2. Lit. [for cloth, paper, or other absorbent material] to absorb moisture or a liquid. Please get some paper towels to soak the spill up. The sponge soaked up the orange juice. 3. Fig. to learn or absorb some information; to learn much information. I can't soak information up as fast as I used to be able to. The tourists will soak up anything you tell them.See also: soak, upsoak up1. Absorb, take in, as in I lay there, soaking up the sun, or She often went to hear poets read their work, soaking up every word. This usage, alluding to absorbing a liquid, dates from the mid-1500s. 2. Drink to excess, as in She can really soak up her beer. See also: soak, upsoak upv.1. To absorb something, such as a liquid, through or as if through pores: The towel under the sink soaks the leaking water up. The quilt used to hang in the barn, and I'm afraid it soaked up some of the smell.2. To take in or accept something mentally, especially eagerly and easily: I soaked up the atmosphere as I wandered its streets. The student soaked up everything the teacher said.See also: soak, upsoak up
Synonyms for soak upverb take in, also metaphoricallySynonyms- imbibe
- sop up
- suck up
- absorb
- suck
- take up
- take in
- draw
Related Words- mop
- mop up
- wipe up
- blot
- sponge up
verb devote (oneself) fully toSynonyms- engross
- engulf
- steep
- immerse
- absorb
- plunge
Related Words- immerse
- plunge
- focus
- pore
- rivet
- center
- centre
- concentrate
- drink in
- drink
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