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💧 Liquid movement 💧 Moisture-moving 💧 To move moisture
to wicking

to wicking

6.1
To move liquid through a material so a surface becomes dry
  • verb
  • /ˈwɪkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : absorber
  • Sports bras are a huge category and on their own, and they are typically made out of performance fibers to Wick away sweat.

Examples

  • That is actually one of the reasons it's used for acrylic gluing, because it Wicks into the seam.

  • The fluid Wicks its way into those chambers at the top.

  • In fact, they Wick away the moisture so fast, there's no discomfort at all.

  • So we're wicking away, we're fluidizing that fugitive ink, we're pulling a vacuum, we're pulling it out of those channels.

  • The specialized fabric wicks away moisture from the skin, keeping athletes dry and comfortable during workouts.

  • When the sponge is immersed in water, it begins to wick the liquid up into its porous structure.

  • This material is designed to wick away sweat quickly, making it ideal for hot weather.

Antonyms

to saturate
55 5.2

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

How Well

to wicking
  • Specialized
6.1
to absorb
217 3.0
to seep
82 2.7

Surface Forms

wick infinitive
wicked past
wicked past participle
wicking present participle
wicks third person singular

Morphology

wicking = wick (semi-transparent) = wick + ing

The verb is a regular -ing form of 'wick', but the technical capillary-action sense is specialized and not fully obvious from the base alone.

Etymology

Wicking comes from the candle wick, which 'pulls' wax up into the flame. To wick something is to 'pull' moisture away through a material, so we say a fabric 'wicks' sweat from the skin.