verb
1. take in, also metaphorically
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The sponge absorbs water well
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She drew strength from the minister's words
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑imbiber (for: ↑imbibe), ↑suck (for: ↑suck), ↑sucker (for: ↑suck), ↑absorption (for: ↑absorb), ↑absorber (for: ↑absorb)
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something
2. take up as if with a sponge
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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sop up [phrasal verb]
sop up (a liquid) or sop (a liquid) up : to remove (a liquid) from a surface by using soft paper, bread, etc.
He sopped up the gravy with pieces of bread.
The water was sopped up [=mopped up] with a mop.
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Main Entry: ↑sop
Useful english dictionary. 2012.