soak up - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

jag collapse: a bout of drinking or drug taking; a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing; a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing; a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock"; cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

retain collapse: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

drown collapse: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"; get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"; kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

digest collapse: a periodical that summarizes the news; soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture; make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"; soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture; systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code"; become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours"; arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"; put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"; convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"

wipe collapse: rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

surcharge collapse: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill); show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given; fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension"; print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote; fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards"; charge an extra fee, as for a special service

get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

blot collapse: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"; dry (ink) with blotting paper

surfeit collapse: the state of being more than full; indulge (one's appetite) to satiety; supply or feed to surfeit

brewing collapse: the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast

sup collapse: take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

saturation collapse: the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid; chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue; a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

parch collapse: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

soak collapse: washing something by allowing it to soak; the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon"; heat a metal prior to working it; fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"; beat severely; submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

saturate collapse: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

busy collapse: crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"; actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"; (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"; overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"; keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

sock collapse: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee; hit hard

overload collapse: an excessive burden; an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"; become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"

bake collapse: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes"; prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"

victimize collapse: punish unjustly; deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"; make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

bloat collapse: swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas; become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"; make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

smite collapse: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon; affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"

infuse collapse: introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"; undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing"

exploit collapse: use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"; draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

guzzle collapse: drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

Wordage.info