Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sponge_up

1 sense of sponge up

Sense 1
sponge up -- (absorb as if with a sponge; "sponge up the spilled milk on the counter")
       => absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")