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Meaning of "sop up" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SOP UP

sop up


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOP UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sop up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SOP UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sop up in the English dictionary

The definition of sop up in the dictionary is to mop or take up with or as if with a sponge.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOP UP

sop · sop. · sopaipilla · sopapilla · Soper · sopheric · sopherim · Sophi · Sophia · sophism · sophist · sophister · sophistic · sophistical · sophistically · sophisticate · sophisticated · sophisticatedly · sophistication · sophisticator

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOP UP

amp up · bump up · crop up · keep up · lap up · mop up · pimp up · ramp up · rip up · slip up · snap up · soup up · step up · stump up · top up · trump up · whip up · whomp up · wrap up

Synonyms and antonyms of sop up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sop up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOP UP

Find out the translation of sop up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sop up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sop up» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

吸干
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Sop
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sop up
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर घूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سوب تصل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

впитать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sop
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সোপ আপ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sop
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sop
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

sop up
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

吸収する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

최대 SOP
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sop
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thấm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சாப்பிடுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कपाट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Sıyırmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sop up
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sop się
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ввібрати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sop sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δωράκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sop up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sop upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sop opp
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sop up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOP UP»

Discover the use of sop up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sop up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
A soppy bedstead, Harnau Round our Vi”. (1901) 45. Sat! ' 8. With up : to soak up. mm! Come sop up that gravy. SOP, 36." Cum: Yks. Lan. Der. [_sop.] 1. A small cloud of must hanging about the summit of a hill. Cm'The sop”! what is the sop? ' .
Joseph Wright
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Max Poppit Stories from Earth: 72 Exercises of Mind and Matter
... to a vacant spot between some cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and Jack's special recipe dressing. “Grab a biscuit for God's sake and sop up that gravy!” “ Huh?” said Theresa. “You heard me! Sop up that gravy!” _26_ Sop Up That Gravy !
Max Poppit, 2001
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Gluttony: A Dictionary for the Indulgent
Once he cleaned all the food offofhis plate, he used apiece of bread to SOP up the remainingjuices ofthe steak. spendthrift (SPEND-thrift) NOUN: One who spends money in an extravagant, squandering manner. spendy (SPEN-dee) ...
Adams Media, 2011
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
18. False. You may sop up gravy with a bit of bread if you use a fork to transport it to your mouth. 19. False. The old rule grew out of an effort to protect silver from salad dressing vinegar, but this solicitude for silver has gone out of style. 20. True .
5
Men's Health
These contain gentler witch hazel to sop up oil and dirt, and aloe vera to soothe. $20, ' " ItST1— anthony.com ALSO TRY Lab Series Oil Control Anthony o =£ Towelettes BEST FACIAL REHAB Sonya Dakar Ultraluxe Age Control Active Mask ...
6
Clean House Clean Planet
How to Use: To sop up big liquid spills quickly, you can use cornmeal. I keep a box handy in the kitchen. Dump cornmeal directly onto the spill. Allow 5-1 5 minutes for the meal to sop up the spill. Sweep the mess into a dustpan and discard.
Karen Logan, 1997
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Dancing Shrimp: Thai Recipes for Seafood
After a few minutes, turn off heat, sop up excess grease, and let pan cool. Repeat the foregoing steps a few more times, alternating heating with cooling, each time burning in the previous layer before adding another layer. Make sure to sop up ...
Kasma Lohaunchit, Simon & Schuster, 2000
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The Two-word Verb: A Dictionary of the Verb-preposition ...
to soften up the enemy positions. [Reduce their numbers and their capacity to resist attack.] Sop To take up (liquid) by absorption. sop up 1. T (1,3,4) After finishing his meal he used a piece of bread to sop up the gravy that was left on his plate.
George A. Meyer, 1975
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Auto Repair For Dummies
(If you own a cat, kitty litter is the best way to sop up spills on the ground, but not on the engine. See the later section “Clean up spilled oil thoroughly” for more instructions.) A work light: A work light helps you see better underneath the vehicle; ...
Deanna Sclar, 2011
10
Popular Mechanics
Rudy Schulze Shallow puddles on basement or bathroom floors are a cinch to sop up with this easy-to-make "percolator pump." Drill a V4-in. hole in the bottom of a 46-oz. juice can and through the center of a large, deep suction cup, such as  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOP UP»

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Crews sop up milk after accident
They say don't cry over spilled milk... but this might be the exception. (Photo: KENS 5). CONNECT 7 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. They say don't ... «KENS 5 TV, Jul 15»
2
Softball playoffs: Marston, Falcons sop up Roadrunners
RUMFORD — PitcherLindsay Marston tossed a two-hit, rain-drenched 5-1 softball win over Mt. Abram on Tuesday afternoon at Hosmer Field, helping Mountain ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jun 15»
3
11 Thanksgiving gravy recipes to pour on turkey, potatoes and sop
It's not Thanksgiving without homemade gravy to pour on turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and to sop up with fresh baked rolls, bread and biscuits. (Matthew ... «The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, Nov 14»
4
Make-ahead biscuit recipe: Sop up Thanksgiving gravy with these …
The biscuits can be prepared up to the point of baking, then arranged on the pan, wrapped tightly in plastic and frozen for up to two weeks. They can be baked ... «The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, Nov 14»
5
Transgenic Plants Sop Up Soil Pollutants
The plants, which break down an organic pollutant, could someday play a role in phytoremediation, a process that uses vegetation to clean up contaminated ... «The Biological SCENE, Oct 14»
6
A do-ahead cornmeal biscuit to sop up your gravy
The biscuits can be prepared up to the point of baking, then arranged on the pan, wrapped tightly in plastic and frozen for up to two weeks. They can be baked ... «Yahoo News UK, Oct 14»
7
Soaking up oil spills — with cotton
To work well on oil spills, the substance used to pick up the mess — a sorbent — should sop up oil but not water. Cotton in its natural form has a waxy coating. «Science News for Students, Sep 14»
8
Sop up this biscuit wisdom
Nobody feels good about their culinary skills after baking up a batch of lumpy, leaden, lopsided biscuits. We're here to help you put those sad, squat, doughy ... «CNN, Mar 14»
9
If Only… Grazed Grasslands Could Sop Up All Industrial CO2
There's a very helpful post on the RealClimate blog critiquing the appealing, virally shared, and largely wishful climate change strategy that Allan Savory laid out ... «New York Times, Nov 13»
10
Keystone Seen Failing to Sop Up Canada Oil Glut
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers vice president of oil sands and markets Greg Stringham said "It may hold us off for a couple of years, but it's ... «Bloomberg, Jun 13»
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