Sop Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The young girl was inspired by her grandmother's stories and in her final months, she would often sit at her bedside to sop up every last bit of wisdom.
- In troubled times, people usually turn to spirituality to sop up the emotional pain they're experiencing.
- The sound-absorbing panels are designed to sop up excess noise in the recording studio.
- Her parents encouraged her to read books on psychology so that she could sop up as much knowledge as possible before she started her profession.
- The student was eager to sop up all the information her teacher could offer during the lectures on marketing.
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Meaning 2
Take up as if with a sponge.
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The paper towels quickly sop up the spilled juice on the table.
- She grabbed a cloth to sop up the sauce from the dinner plate.
- A kitchen mop was used to sop up the water on the floor.
- A sponge is necessary to sop up the spilled paint on the canvas.
- The dry soil was able to sop up the excess rainwater in no time.