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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

sop up

sop up · sops up · sopped up · sopping up

To absorb, to soak upTo absorb, to soak up.

Meaning

1 senses

To absorb, to soak up.

More definitions

take up as if with a sponge
take in, also metaphorically

Forms

sops up, sopping up, sopped up, sopped up

Base form	sop up · to sop up
3rd person singular	sops up
Present participle	sopping up
Past simple	sopped up
Past participle	sopped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sop up
he, she, it	sops up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sopped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sopped up
he, she, it	has sopped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sop up

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Close in meaning

take up as if with a sponge:take in suck in take up
take in, also metaphorically:absorb suck imbibe soak up suck up draw take in take up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

sooty sop sophist sophisticate

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