blotter · towel · mops · wicks · parched · thirsty · paper · cloth · moisture · liquid · puddle · spill · seeps · permeates · bathes · steeps · infuses · basking
soaks upreleases
Lets go or publishes
wrings out · expels · squeezes out · drains · repels
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Related — absorbs (Takes in fully); sponge (Absorbent cleaning material); drinks (Liquids for consumption); saturates · drenches · blotter · towel · mops · wicks · parched · thirsty · paper · cloth
liquid absorptionsoaks up ≠ releases Lets go or publishes; wrings out · expels · squeezes out · drains · repels
information/knowledge acquisitionsoaks up ≠ ignores Refuses to acknowledge; tunes out · rejects · forgets · dismisses · disregards
resource consumptionsoaks up ≠ releases Lets go or publishes; gives off · disperses · emits · frees up · distributes
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/soaks_up