Search Result for "soaking_up":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid;
[syn: absorption, soaking up]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

soaking up n 1: (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid [syn: absorption, soaking up]