Sekirov Dictionary

soak

UK /səʊk/US /soʊk/

verb 11
noun 4
forms 6
phrases 3

verb11

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To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
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To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
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To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
- I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
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(figurative) To absorb; to drain.
- That they will want a certaine sucking and soaking — 1624
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To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
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(figurative) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand. — 1928
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(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters? — 1926
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
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To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.
(slang, old-fashioned) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
(slang) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.

noun4

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An immersion in water etc.
- After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
(UK, slang) A drunkard.
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(Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
- I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it. — 1985
(slang) A carouse; a drinking session.

forms

soaked · soakt · soaking · soaketh · soaks · soakest

Phrases with soak

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