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sop up

sop up verb: to absorb, to soak up.

Verb

sop up (third-person singular simple present sops up, present participle sopping up, simple past and past participle sopped up)

  1. (transitive) To absorb, to soak up.
    • The smell of my vomit was overpowering. I thought I might retch again. Quickly, I gathered up some paper towels and sopped up my mess.2011, May-lee Chai, Dragon Chica, page 217

Forms of sop up

third-person singular presentsops up
present participlesopping up
past participlesopped up
pastsopped up

Questions about sop up

What does sop up mean?
Sop up means to absorb, to soak up.
What part of speech is sop up?
Sop up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sop up?
The past tense of sop up is sopped up.

Words near sop up in the dictionary

  1. Sooy
  2. Sooys
  3. sop
  4. sop kambing
  5. sop to Cerberus
  6. sop up
  7. sop-in-wine
  8. SOPA
  9. sopaipa
  10. sopaipas
  11. sopaipilla

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