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SOAK
soak, soaking
(noun) washing something by allowing it to soak
soak, soakage, soaking
(noun) 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”
drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; “souse water on his hot face”
soak
(verb) heat a metal prior to working it
soak, imbue
(verb) fill, soak, or imbue totally; “soak the bandage with disinfectant”
souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
(verb) become drunk or drink excessively
intoxicate, soak, inebriate
(verb) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
soak
(verb) beat severely
soak
(verb) submerge in a liquid; “I soaked in the hot tub for an hour”
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price
pawn, soak, hock
(verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money; “pawn your grandfather’s gold watch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)
(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
(transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
(intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
(transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
(figurative, transitive) To take money from.
(slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
(metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
(ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
(figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
Noun
soak (plural soaks)
An immersion in water etc.
(slang, British) A drunkard.
(slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
(Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
Synonyms
• (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also drunkard
Anagrams
• koas, oaks, okas
Source: Wiktionary
Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] Etym: [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s, s, 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.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxiv. 7.
3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. Sir W. Scott.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Soak, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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