to sop

Examples

• All

• All the greenery sops up rainfall and reduces stormwater runoff, and it also absorbs carbon dioxide, cleaning the air.

  Blog text (1)

• And so we have to SOP up the damage, the oxygen it does.

• I need something to sop up the condensation from the steam shooting out of my ears.

  Blog text (18)

• The Old Man wraps a greasy shop rag around my arm to sop up some of the blood.

  Fiction book (2002)

• He used a sponge to sop up the spilled juice on the kitchen counter.

• If you spill something, quickly use a towel to sop it up before it stains.

• After washing the car, she grabbed a cloth to sop up the excess water.

Synonyms

S

to soak

vsto sop

141 1.0

Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid

is the everyday phrase for making something thoroughly full of liquid

S

to saturate

vsto sop

55 5.2

Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more

is the general act of making something thoroughly full of liquid

D

to drench

vsto sop

34 3.0

Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid

focuses on thorough liquid contact without implying heavy force or falling

W

to wet

vsto sop

26 1.0

To make something wet by covering it with liquid

is the stronger idea of completely soaking or saturating something through

I

to infuse

vsto sop

19 4.1

Soak herbs or tea leaves in hot water to give their flavor

is the general action of saturating without the flavor extraction purpose

D

to douse

vsto sop

18 4.4

To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet

describes thorough liquiding as a general, not necessarily rapid, action

I

to immerse

vsto sop

9 4.2

Put something completely into a liquid to cover it

is the broader action of making something thoroughly full of liquid

S

to steep

vsto sop

8 3.5

To soak something in liquid to get flavor or clean it

is the plain act of making something thoroughly filled with liquid

I

to impregnate

vsto sop

3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

does the same filling but as a common everyday action instead of technical use

S

to souse

vsto sop

1 8.8

To soak something completely in liquid

is the normal expression for making something saturated without formality

D

to dowse

vsto sop

7.8

To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet

is the neutral term for making something thoroughly filled with liquid

W

to waterlog

vsto sop

3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

describes the same thorough wetting but not limited to water alone

S

to sog

vsto sop

7.7

To make something very wet by putting liquid on it

is the general action of saturating rather than stressing heaviness

Antonyms

D

dry

791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

Phrasal Verbs

S

to sop up

1 3.3

To absorb liquid using a sponge, cloth, or piece of bread

S

to sop up

3.7

To take in liquid or things like information and feelings

How Wet

to saturate

55 5.2

to sop

• Archaic

1 8.3

to moisten

7 3.0

to dampen

4 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology