SPONGE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absorb as if with a sponge

Example:

sponge up the spilled milk on the counter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sponge up" is one way to...):

absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up (take in, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

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