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soak

–verb (used without object)

1.	to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.

2.	to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like: The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.

3.	to be thoroughly wet.

4.	to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (fol. by in): The lesson didn't soak in.

5.	Informal. to drink immoderately, esp. alcoholic beverages: They were soaking at the bar.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.

7.	to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.

8.	to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.

9.	Metallurgy. to heat (a piece) for reworking.

10.	Informal. to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking an excess of liquor.

11.	Slang. to beat hard; punish severely: I was soaked for that mistake.

12.	to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often fol. by out): to soak a stain out of a napkin.

13.	Slang. to overcharge: He was soaked by the waiter.

–noun

14.	the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.

15.	the liquid in which anything is soaked.

16.	Slang. a heavy drinker.

17.	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

18.

soak up,

a.	to absorb or take in or up by absorption: Blotting paper soaks up ink.

b.	to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in: to soak up information.

c.	Slang. to drink to excess: He can really soak up the booze.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME soken, OE sōcian; akin to suck

]

—Related forms

soaker, noun

soak·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2, 4. seep. 7. See wet. 8. infuse, penetrate.

—Antonyms 7. dry.

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soak Audio Help   (sōk) Pronunciation Key
v.   soaked, soak·ing, soaks

v.   tr.

1. To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid.
2. To immerse in liquid for a period of time.
3. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.
4. To make (a person) drunk.
To absorb (liquid, for example) through or as if through pores or interstices.
To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.
Informal To take in or accept mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the gossip.
Informal
1. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.
2. To make (a person) drunk.
Slang To overcharge (a person).

v. intr.

To be immersed until thoroughly saturated.
To penetrate or permeate; seep: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.
Slang To drink to excess.

1. The act or process of soaking.
2. The condition of being soaked.
Liquid in which something may be soaked.
Slang A drunkard.

[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seuə-² in Indo-European roots.]

soak'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
soak

O.E. socian (related to sucan "to suck"), from P.Gmc. *sukon (cf. W.Flem. soken), from PIE base *seue- "to take liquid" (see sup (2)). Slang meaning "to overcharge" first recorded 1895.

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soak
noun
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"
2.	washing something by allowing it to soak
verb
1.	submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
2.	rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge] [ant: undercharge]
3.	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench]
4.	leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn]
5.	beat severely
6.	make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate]
7.	become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse]
8.	fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
9.	heat a metal prior to working it

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
soak1 [səuk] verb

to (let) stand in a liquid
Example: She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water.

Arabic:	يَنْقَع في الماء
Chinese (Simplified):	浸泡
Chinese (Traditional):	浸泡
Czech:	namočit
Danish:	lægge i blød
Dutch:	weken
Estonian:	leotama, ligunema
Finnish:	liota, liottaa
French:	faire tremper
German:	einweichen
Greek:	μουλιάζω
Hungarian:	(be)áztat; ázik
Icelandic:	leggja, *liggja í bleyti
Indonesian:	merendam
Italian:	ammollare, mettere a mollo*

Japanese:	浸す
Korean:	잠기다; 담그다
Latvian:	iemērkt; mērcēt
Lithuanian:	mirkyti, įmerkti
Norwegian:	legge i bløt
Polish:	namaczać, moknąć
Portuguese (Brazil):	pôr, *ficar de molho
Portuguese (Portugal):	pôr de molho
Romanian:	a înmuia
Russian:	замачивать
Slovak:	namočiť
Slovenian:	namočiti
Spanish:	remojar(se)
Swedish:	blöta, lägga i blöt
Turkish:	ıslatmak

soak2 [səuk] verb

to make very wet
Example: That shower has completely soaked my clothes.

Arabic:	يُبَلِّل
Chinese (Simplified):	湿透
Chinese (Traditional):	濕透
Czech:	zmáčet
Danish:	gennembløde
Dutch:	doorweken
Estonian:	läbimärjaks kastma
Finnish:	kastella läpimäräksi
French:	tremper
German:	durchtränken
Greek:	μουσκεύω
Hungarian:	átáztat
Icelandic:	gegnbleyta
Indonesian:	membasahkan
Italian:	inzuppare

Japanese:	ずぶぬれにする
Korean:	…을 흠뻑 적시다
Latvian:	samērcēt
Lithuanian:	permerkti
Norwegian:	gjennombløyte, gjøre gjennomvåt
Polish:	moczyć
Portuguese (Brazil):	encharcar
Portuguese (Portugal):	encharcar
Romanian:	a uda
Russian:	промачивать
Slovak:	namočiť, premočiť
Slovenian:	premočiti
Spanish:	empaparse
Swedish:	blöta ner, göra genomvåt (genomblöt)
Turkish:	ıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek

soak3 [səuk] verb

(with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate
Example: The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage.

Arabic:	يَتَخَلَّل
Chinese (Simplified):	渗透
Chinese (Traditional):	滲透
Czech:	(pro)sáknout
Danish:	trænge igennem
Dutch:	doordrenken
Estonian:	imbuma
Finnish:	imeytyä
French:	pénétrer
German:	sickern
Greek:	(δια)ποτίζω, διαπερνώ
Hungarian:	átitat; átáztat; átvérzik
Icelandic:	gegnvæta
Indonesian:	meresap
Italian:	filtrare

Japanese:	しみ出す
Korean:	스며들다, 스미다
Latvian:	izsūkties ; iesūkties
Lithuanian:	persisunkti
Norwegian:	sive, *trenge gjennom
Polish:	moczyć, przesiąkać
Portuguese (Brazil):	penetrar
Portuguese (Portugal):	ensopar
Romanian:	a trece
Russian:	просачиваться
Slovak:	presiaknuť
Slovenian:	pronicati
Spanish:	penetrar
Swedish:	tränga in, *blöta (blöda) igenom
Turkish:	içine işlemek, sızmak

See also: -soaked, soaking, soak up, soaked, soaking wet

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: soak
Pronunciation: 'sOk
Function: noun
: an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usually long or repeatedly especiallyto promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Soak

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]

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