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soak
[ sohk ]
verb (used without object)
- to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like:
The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.
Synonyms: seep
- to be thoroughly wet:
Her shoes and socks were soaking and her feet were freezing.
- to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in ):
The lesson didn't soak in.
Synonyms: seep
- Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages:
They were soaking at the bar.
verb (used with object)
- to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.
- to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
Antonyms: dry
- to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
- Metallurgy. to heat (a piece) for reworking.
- Informal. to intoxicate (oneself ) by drinking an excess of liquor.
- Slang. to beat hard; punish severely:
I was soaked for that mistake.
- to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed by out ):
to soak a stain out of a napkin.
- Slang. to overcharge:
He was soaked by the waiter.
noun
- the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- the liquid in which anything is soaked.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated; a heavy drinker.
- Australian. any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain.
verb phrase
- to absorb or take in or up by absorption:
Blotting paper soaks up ink.
- to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in:
to soak up information.
- Slang. to drink to excess:
He can really soak up the booze.
soak
/ səʊk /
verb
- to make, become, or be thoroughly wet or saturated, esp by immersion in a liquid
- whenintr, usually foll by in or into (of a liquid) to penetrate or permeate
- tr; usually foll by in or up (of a permeable solid) to take in (a liquid) by absorption
the earth soaks up rainwater
- tr; foll by out or out of to remove by immersion in a liquid
she soaked the stains out of the dress
- tr metallurgy to heat (a metal) prior to working
- informal.to drink excessively or make or become drunk
- slang.tr to overcharge
- slang.tr to put in pawn
noun
- the act of immersing in a liquid or the period of immersion
- the liquid in which something may be soaked, esp a solution containing detergent
- another name for soakage
- informal.a heavy rainfall
- slang.a person who drinks to excess
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Derived Forms
- ˈsoaker, noun
- ˈsoaking, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- soak·er noun
- soak·ing·ly adverb
- o·ver·soak verb
- re·soak verb
- un·soaked adjective
- well-soaked adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of soak1
Old English sōcian to cook; see suck
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Synonym Study
See wet.
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