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n. the act of sucking

up

v. raise; "up the ante"

v. draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

suck, draw in

v. draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"

suck, suck in

v. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

suck, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse, lactate, breast-feed, give suck

v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

draw, suck, take in, take up, absorb, imbibe, sop up, soak up

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

up

adj. used up; "time is up"

up

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

up

adj. open; "the windows are up"

up

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

nurture, sustain, nourish

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

succor, succour

v. help in a difficult situation

work, crop, cultivate

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

sponge

v. soak up with a sponge

arrest, catch, get

v. attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

soak, souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

soak

v. submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

sop

v. dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"

sop

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

sop, become soaked

v. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

take in, take up, sop up, suck in

v. take up as if with a sponge

deflect, draw away, distract

v. draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

pull, pull in, draw in, attract

v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

feed with a bottle, bottle-feed

v. feed (infants) with a bottle

push back, repulse, force back, repel

v. cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

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