"soak up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "soaks up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaking up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaked up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaked up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "soak up (third-person singular simple present soaks up, present participle soaking up, simple past and past participle soaked up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The tissue soaked up all of the spilled milk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To absorb or draw in a substance, especially all of that substance."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "absorb",
          "absorb"
        ],
        [
          "draw in",
          "draw in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 19, Chris Bevan, BBC Sport",
          "text": "Tan was not at Stamford Bridge and Mackay's tactics proved effective as his side soaked up Chelsea's attacks despite conceding the majority of possession, and frequently threatened on the break.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To absorb or deflect a series of actions; to endure a behavior from someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-soak_up-en-verb-UHPmWNR5",
      "links": [
        [
          "deflect",
          "deflect"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) To absorb or deflect a series of actions; to endure a behavior from someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-soak_up-en-verb-whUzJa2I",
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "soak up the sun",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28",
          "text": "Even so, this delightful station is well worth a visit, - either to admire the architecture, sip a coffee from the shop, or just soak up the relaxed atmosphere of the area and watch the birds and other wildlife on the shores right outside the station.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enjoy some effects."
      ],
      "id": "en-soak_up-en-verb-ZbPi8Ftj",
      "links": [
        [
          "enjoy",
          "enjoy"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-soak up.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-au-soak_up.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soak up"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "soaks up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaking up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaked up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soaked up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "soak up (third-person singular simple present soaks up, present participle soaking up, simple past and past participle soaked up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The tissue soaked up all of the spilled milk.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To absorb or draw in a substance, especially all of that substance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absorb",
          "absorb"
        ],
        [
          "draw in",
          "draw in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 October 19, Chris Bevan, BBC Sport",
          "text": "Tan was not at Stamford Bridge and Mackay's tactics proved effective as his side soaked up Chelsea's attacks despite conceding the majority of possession, and frequently threatened on the break.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To absorb or deflect a series of actions; to endure a behavior from someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deflect",
          "deflect"
        ],
        [
          "endure",
          "endure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) To absorb or deflect a series of actions; to endure a behavior from someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "learn",
          "learn"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To learn, especially passively or eagerly; to allow an experience to affect oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "soak up the sun",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28",
          "text": "Even so, this delightful station is well worth a visit, - either to admire the architecture, sip a coffee from the shop, or just soak up the relaxed atmosphere of the area and watch the birds and other wildlife on the shores right outside the station.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enjoy some effects."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enjoy",
          "enjoy"
        ],
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  "word": "soak up"
}