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What (who) is Soak - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wet soaks; Soak (disambiguation); SOAK
Soak
·vi To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
II. Soak ·vt Fig.: To absorb; to Drain.
III. Soak ·vt To Drench; to wet thoroughly.
IV. Soak ·vt To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices;
- often with through.
V. Soak ·vi To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
VI. Soak ·vi To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
VII. Soak ·vt To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
VIII. Soak ·vt 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.
soak
(soaks, soaking, soaked)
1.
If you soak something or leave it to soak, you put it into a liquid and leave it there.
Soak the beans for 2 hours...
He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet.
The water had soaked his jacket and shirt...
Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
VERB: V n, V n with n
3.
If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it.
There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts...
VERB: V prep/adv
4.
If someone soaks, they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it.
What I need is to soak in a hot tub.
VERB: V
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Soak is also a noun.
I was having a long soak in the bath.
N-COUNT
5.
soak
¦ verb
1. make or become thoroughly wet by immersion in liquid.
2. make extremely wet: the rain soaked their hair.
3. (soak something up) absorb a liquid.
expose oneself to or experience something beneficial or enjoyable.
(soak oneself in) immerse oneself in (a particular experience).
4. informal impose heavy charges or taxation on.
5. archaic, informal drink heavily.
¦ noun
1. an act or period of soaking.
2. informal a heavy drinker.
3. Austral. a hollow where rainwater collects.
Derivatives
soakage noun
soaked adjective
soaker noun
Origin
OE socian; related to su?can 'to suck'.
Wikipedia
Soak
Soak may refer to:
- Steeping
- Bathing
- Soakage (source of water), a source of water in Australian deserts
- Soak dike, ditch or drain
- Soak testing, a method of system testing in computing and electronics
- Soak (singer), Irish singer-songwriter
- Soak (album), 2013 album by Foetus
- SOAK, a Burning Man regional event in Portland, Oregon, USA
Examples of use of Soak
1. The Club has this to say about blackened cookware: soak, soak, soak, then throw away when nobody is looking.
2. Still, mortgage payments soak up almost all their income.
3. Words soak up connotations the way fabrics pick up odors.
4. Each chalet also boasts a Jacuzzi on the front deck with a lakefront view so you can soak your muscles as you soak in the view.
5. "I would like my boys to soak up the atmosphere and to soak up everything that goes around the event, but obviously work very hard," Dravid said.