Soak

[səʊk] or [sok]

Definition

(noun.) washing something by allowing it to soak.

(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'.

(verb.) heat a metal prior to working it.

(verb.) fill, soak, or imbue totally; 'soak the bandage with disinfectant'.

(verb.) beat severely.

(verb.) submerge in a liquid; 'I soaked in the hot tub for an hour'.

Edited by Elvis--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To drench; to wet thoroughly.

(v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

(v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

(v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

(v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

(v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

(v. i.) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

Edited by Bonita

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Steep, macerate, imbrue, drench.

v. n. Steep, be soaked.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Wet, steep, drench, macerate, moisten, submerge

ANT:Dry, air, wring, exsiccate, aridify, bleach

Typist: Ludwig

Definition

v.t. to steep in a fluid: to wet thoroughly: to drench: to draw in by the pores.—v.i. to be steeped in a liquid: to enter into pores: to drink to excess to guzzle.—n. process or act of soaking: a hard drinker a carouse.—ns. Soak′age act of soaking: the amount soaked in; Soak′er a habitual drunkard.—p.adj. Soak′ing that wets thoroughly: drenching as rain.—adv. Soak′ingly.—adj. Soak′y steeped wet.

Typist: Margery

Examples

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