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soak
[ sohk ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
Synonyms:
- to be thoroughly wet:
Her shoes and socks were soaking and her feet were freezing.
- to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in ):
The lesson didn't soak in.
Synonyms:
- Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages:
They were soaking at the bar.
verb (used with object)
- to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.
- to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
Antonyms:
- to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
Synonyms: ,
- Metallurgy. to heat (a piece) for reworking.
- Informal. to intoxicate (oneself ) by drinking an excess of liquor.
- Slang. to beat hard; punish severely:
I was soaked for that mistake.
- to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed by out ):
to soak a stain out of a napkin.
- Slang. to overcharge:
He was soaked by the waiter.
noun
- the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
- the liquid in which anything is soaked.
- Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated; a heavy drinker.
- 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
- 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.
soak
/ əʊ /
verb
- to make, become, or be thoroughly wet or saturated, esp by immersion in a liquid
- whenintr, usually foll by in or into (of a liquid) to penetrate or permeate
- tr; usually foll by in or up (of a permeable solid) to take in (a liquid) by absorption
the earth soaks up rainwater
- tr; foll by out or out of to remove by immersion in a liquid
she soaked the stains out of the dress
- tr metallurgy to heat (a metal) prior to working
- informal.to drink excessively or make or become drunk
- slang.tr to overcharge
- slang.tr to put in pawn
noun
- 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
- another name for soakage
- informal.a heavy rainfall
- slang.a person who drinks to excess
Derived Forms
- ˈDz, noun
- ˈDz쾱Բ, nounadjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz· noun
- Dz·Բ· adverb
- ··Dz verb
- ·Dz verb
- ܲ·Dz adjective
- well-soaked adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of soak1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In places deep in the tunnel, water shoots so forcefully from the floor or the wall that workers have affectionately named these soaking obstacles “the fire hose” and “the car wash.”
As players paid tribute to supporters, one stand at a time, soaking in the moment was Geraint Parry.
He said government funding to help farmers and land managers restore peat bogs in the uplands, to prevent fires while also soaking in planet-warming carbon and providing habitat, was essential.
DJ Próvai is in Northern Ireland, spending time in Derry, while Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara are soaking in the Indonesian sun, eagerly preparing for their “date with a f— swimming pool.”
China probably needs those countries just to stay neutral, and carry on soaking up its exports.
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