soak
n 1: the process of becoming softened and saturated as a
consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid);
"a good soak put life back in the wagon" [syn: soak,
soakage, soaking]
2: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak,
soaking]
v 1: submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
souse]
4: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
5: beat severely
6: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate,
soak, inebriate]
7: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak,
inebriate, hit it up]
8: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with
disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue]
9: heat a metal prior to working it
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Soak \Soak\, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
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2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
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3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
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Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
s?can, s?gan, to suck. See Suck.]
1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or
other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or
freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt
meat, salt fish, or the like.
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2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
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Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
7.
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3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
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4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
often with through.
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The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
wreaths of snow. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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