soak

IPA: sˈoʊk

noun

  • An immersion in water etc.
  • (slang, Britain) A drunkard.
  • (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
  • (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.

verb

  • (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
  • (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
  • (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
  • (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
  • (slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
  • (slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
  • (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
  • (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
  • (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
  • (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
  • (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
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Examples of "soak" in Sentences

  • The rain soaked the paper.
  • The towel soaks in the water.
  • The man was soaked in inebriety.
  • Later, the team soaks in the sauna.
  • They walk in and the place is soaked.
  • The oil should soak into the leather.
  • A torrential rain soaked the festival.
  • The celery's juices will soak the rice.
  • He is soaking wet, confused and disheveled.
  • The sweetness is due to the sugar syrup they are soaked in.

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