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suck up
(encz) | suck up, v: |
suck up
(wn) | suck up
v 1: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn:
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up,
draw, take in, take up]
2: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is
playing up to the chairman" [syn: cozy up, cotton up,
shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up]
3: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
suck up to
(encz) | suck up to, |
suck up to somebody
(encz) | suck up to somebody,lézt někomu do zadku [id.] Pino |
To suck up
(gcide) | Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can,
s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel.
s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf.
Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.]
1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and
tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the
liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or
apply force to, by exhausting the air.
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2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to
suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the
mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of
an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the
breast.
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3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking;
to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of
plants suck water from the ground.
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4. To draw or drain.
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Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
--Thomson.
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5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
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As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
--Dryden.
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To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by
suction.
To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction
or absorption.
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