Definition of Soaking up

1. Noun. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid.

Exact synonyms: Absorption
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Specialized synonyms: Imbibition
Generic synonyms: Sorption
Derivative terms: Absorb, Absorb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soaking Up

soak the runner
soak through
soak up
soakage
soakages
soakaway
soakaways
soakcrust
soaked
soaked to the bone
soaked to the skin
soaken
soaker
soakers
soaking
soaking up (current term)
soaking wet
soakingly
soakings
soaks
soakt
soal
soals
soam
soams
soap
soap-opera
soap-operatic
soap-rock
soap-weed

Literary usage of Soaking up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art edited by David Ames Wells (1852)
"It would then be in the most advantageous state for mixing with manure heaps, spreading over the bottom of barn-yards, or soaking up the liquid of tanks. ..."

2. Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"McCrory worked with hair for a living, and he had the sudden idea that if otter hair was that good at soaking up oil, wouldn't human hair do almost as well? ..."

3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"He got some sweepings from his barber shop, stuck them in nylon stockings, and tried soaking up a can of motor oil. It worked brilliantly. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Examples of capillary actions are the soaking up of water by a sponge; the penetration of. varnish into wood; the rising of oil in a lamp wick; the clinging ..."

5. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1908)
"By soaking up the suspension the articles become thoroughly impregnated, and we have a condition similar to the soaking up of sputum, urine, ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1903)
"Examples of capillary actions are the soaking up of water by a sponge : the penetration of varnish into wood ; the rising of oil in a lamp wick the clinging ..."

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