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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.

Synonyms

  • Absorb
  • Suck
  • Suck Up
  • Imbibe
  • Take Up
  • Soak Up
  • Draw
  • Take In

Hyponyms

  • Mop Up
  • Sponge Up
  • Wipe Up
  • Blot
  • Mop

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.

Synonyms

  • Take Up
  • Take In
  • Suck In

Hypernyms

  • Take
  • Consume
  • Take In
  • Have
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