soak (up)

verb

Definition of soak (up)next
as in to drink
to take in (something liquid) through small openings this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak (up)
  1. drink
  2. absorb
  3. take up
Verb
  • But more typical are quality-of-life complaints from riders who report people drinking or getting high at stations or discarding bags of fast food debris on platforms.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • The weather service said people should take precautions, like drinking plenty of water and wearing lightweight, light-colored clothing.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of drink
Verb
  • Often the team doing the steady, protective work behind the scenes is the one absorbing the blame while another team gets the credit.
    — ByRene Madden, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In this method, physicists don’t try to predict how often muons will emit and absorb groups of quarks.
    — Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026
Definition of absorb
Verb
  • Boise’s airport takes up a large slice of the Boise’s budget pie.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
  • As the intelligence community has long been aware, the Russian Federation took up where the Soviets left off.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of take up
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“Soak (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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