ALL meanings of soak up
soak up
S s - verb without object soak up to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid. 1
- verb without object soak up to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like: The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella. 1
- verb without object soak up to be thoroughly wet. 1
- verb without object soak up to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in): The lesson didn't soak in. 1
- verb without object soak up Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages: They were soaking at the bar. 1
- verb with object soak up to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep. 1
- verb with object soak up to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench. 1
- verb with object soak up to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does. 1
- verb with object soak up Metallurgy. to heat (a piece) for reworking. 1
- verb with object soak up Informal. to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking an excess of liquor. 1
- verb with object soak up Slang. to beat hard; punish severely: I was soaked for that mistake. 1
- verb with object soak up to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed by out): to soak a stain out of a napkin. 1
- verb with object soak up Slang. to overcharge: He was soaked by the waiter. 1
- noun soak up the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked. 1
- noun soak up the liquid in which anything is soaked. 1
- noun soak up Slang. a heavy drinker. 1
- noun soak up Australian. any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain. 1
- transitivephrasal verb soak up absorb: liquid 1
- transitivephrasal verb soak up take in: information, experience 1
- phrasal verb soak up If a soft or dry material soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance. 0
- phrasal verb soak up If you soak up the sun, you sit or lie in the sun, because you enjoy it. 0
- phrasal verb soak up If you soak up the atmosphere in a place that you are visiting, you observe or get involved in the way of life there, because you enjoy it or are interested in it. 0
- phrasal verb soak up If something soaks up something such as money or other resources, it uses a great deal of money or other resources. 0