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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 (followed by in): The lesson didn't soak in.
5.
Informal. to drink immoderately, especially 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.
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11.
Slang. to beat hard; punish severely: I was soaked for that mistake.
12.
to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed by out): to soak a stain out of a napkin.
13.
Slang. to overcharge: He was soaked by the waiter.
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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:
before 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian; akin to suck

Related forms
soak·er, noun
soak·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·soak, verb
re·soak, verb
un·soaked, adjective
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well-soaked, adjective
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Synonyms
2, 4. seep. 7. See wet. 8. infuse, penetrate.

Antonyms
7. dry.

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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary

soak definition


  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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soaked definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : All the guys came home soaked.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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