Be read and Soaking up

Soaking up and be read are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soaking up" instead a verb phrase "Be read".

Soaking up noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid.

Be read and soaking up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be read" instead a verb "Soaking up".