Synonyms

absorb imbibe take_up sop_up soak_up take_in draw suck

Examples

"The sponge absorbs water well" "She drew strength from the minister's words"

Used in print

It entered her body with the ghastly intimacy of an incubus , and its particles , spreading , creeping , crawling , joined themselves into steel_bands that constricted her knees so tightly that they ached ; stifled her lungs so_that her breath came in harsh gasps ; clutched her throat and sucked_up the moisture in her mouth so_that her tongue was dry and hard and stuck_to the roof of her mouth and her teeth were clenched together in the rigid fixture of her jaws .

Related terms

wipe_up blot sponge_up attract attract distract aspirate suck_in aspirate suck_in chump absorption sucking absorber

Synonyms

cotton_up shine_up play_up sidle_up cozy_up

Examples

"She is playing up to the chairman"

Related terms

ingratiate

Synonyms

toady truckle bootlick kowtow kotow fawn

Examples

"He is always kowtowing to his boss"

Related terms

flatter court_favor truckling apple_polisher kowtow sycophant