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soaking up
Overview of noun soaking-up
The noun soaking up has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. absorption, soaking up -- ((chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid)
Overview of verb soak-up
The verb soak up has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")
2. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up -- (engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> sorption
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> imbibition
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
=> sorption
Antonyms of noun soaking-up
Member Holonyms of noun soaking-up
Substance Holonyms of noun soaking-up
Part Holonyms of noun soaking-up
Member Meronyms of noun soaking-up
Substance Meronyms of noun soaking-up
Part Meronyms of noun soaking-up
Meronyms of noun soaking-up
Holonyms of noun soaking-up
Attributes of noun soaking-up
Derived Forms of noun soaking-up
Domain of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Domain Terms of noun soaking-up
Familiarity of noun soaking-up
soaking up used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Sense 1
absorption, soaking up
> sorption
=> absorption, soaking up
=> adsorption, surface assimilation
Meronyms of noun soaking-up
1 sense of soaking up
Holonyms of noun soaking-up
Antonyms of verb soak-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb soak-up
2 senses of soak up
Sense 1
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb soak-up
2 senses of soak up
Sense 1
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
=> wipe up, mop up, mop
=> blot
=> sponge up
Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> drink in, drink
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb soak-up
2 senses of soak up
Sense 1
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
'Cause To' of verb soak-up
Derived Forms of verb soak-up
Domain of verb soak-up
Domain Terms of verb soak-up
Familiarity of verb soak-up
soak up used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb soak-up
2 senses of soak up
Sense 1
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
=> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb soak-up
1 of 2 senses of soak up
Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> recall
=> think
=> zoom in
=> listen, hear, take heed
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb soak-up
Sense 1
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
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Sense 2
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
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