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soak

  [sohk]
–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.
Use soak in a Sentence
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   (sōk)   
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.

  2. To absorb (liquid, for example) through or as if through pores or interstices.

  3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.

  4. Informal To take in or accept mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the gossip.

  5. Informal

    1. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.

    2. To make (a person) drunk.

  6. Slang To overcharge (a person).

v.   intr.

  1. To be immersed until thoroughly saturated.

  2. To penetrate or permeate; seep: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.

  3. Slang To drink to excess.

n.  

    1. The act or process of soaking.

    2. The condition of being soaked.

  2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.

  3. Slang A drunkard.


[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
soak'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
soak

  1. in.
    to drink heavily; to get drunk. (See also soaked.) : The two old ladies put on their coats and went out to soak.
  2. n.
    a drinking bout. : Both guys declined to go out and stayed home and enjoyed a soak in front of the TV.
  3. n.
    a drunkard. : Some old soak lay moaning in the gutter.
  4. tv.
    to overcharge someone; to extort money from someone. : They soaked me for twenty dollars for the parts, but at least it runs now.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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