SPONGE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sponge up mean? 

• SPONGE UP (verb)
  The verb SPONGE UP has 1 sense:

1. absorb as if with a sponge

  Familiarity information: SPONGE UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPONGE UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absorb as if with a sponge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

sponge up the spilled milk on the counter

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