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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024soak /soʊk/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) become thoroughly wet or filled with water or other liquid: [no object]The clothes were left to soak in the soapy water.[~ + object]I soaked my aching arm in ice water to kill the pain.
- to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like:[no object]Rain soaked through the roof.
- to wet thoroughly:[~ + object]The floods soaked the rug and ruined it.
- to remove by or as if by soaking: [~ + object + out]to soak a stain out.[~ + out + object]to soak out a stain.
- Slang Termsto overcharge:[~ + object]shopkeepers soaking the tourists.
- soak in, [no object] to penetrate the mind or feelings:The lesson didn't soak in.
n. - [countable] the act or state of soaking, or the state of being soaked.
- [uncountable] the liquid in which anything is soaked.
- Slang Terms[countable]a heavy drinker.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024soak (sōk),USA pronunciation v.i. - to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like:The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.
- to be thoroughly wet.
- to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (fol. by in):The lesson didn't soak in.
- Informal Termsto drink immoderately, esp. alcoholic beverages:They were soaking at the bar.
v.t. - to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly;
steep. - to wet thoroughly;
saturate or drench. - to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
- Metallurgyto heat (a piece) for reworking.
- Informal Termsto intoxicate (oneself ) by drinking an excess of liquor.
- Slang Termsto beat hard;
punish severely:I was soaked for that mistake. - to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often fol. by out):to soak a stain out of a napkin.
- Slang Termsto overcharge:He was soaked by the waiter.
- Slang Terms soak up:
- to absorb or take in or up by absorption:Blotting paper soaks up ink.
- to absorb with one's mind or senses;
take in:to soak up information. - [Slang.]to drink to excess:He can really soak up the booze.
n. - the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- the liquid in which anything is soaked.
- Slang Termsa heavy drinker.
- British Terms[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.
- bef. 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian; akin to suck
- 2, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged seep.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See wet.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged infuse, penetrate.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: soak /səʊk/ vb - to make, become, or be thoroughly wet or saturated, esp by immersion in a liquid
- when intr, usually followed by in or into: (of a liquid) to penetrate or permeate
- (tr; usually followed by in or up) (of a permeable solid) to take in (a liquid) by absorption: the earth soaks up rainwater
- (tr; followed by out or out of) to remove by immersion in a liquid: she soaked the stains out of the dress
- informal to drink excessively or make or become drunk
- (transitive) US Canadian slang to overcharge
n - the act of immersing in a liquid or the period of immersion
- the liquid in which something may be soaked, esp a solution containing detergent
- slang a person who drinks to excess
Etymology: Old English sōcian to cook; see suckˈsoaker n ˈsoaking n , adj |