soak

[Soak]

To soak something is to submerge it into water. Before you cook dry beans, you soak them overnight first. If you’re not a bean, you can also soak up a cool experience by immersing yourself in it.

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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

Noun
washing something by allowing it to soak

Noun
the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon"

Verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

Verb
heat a metal prior to working it

Verb
fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with disinfectant"

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Verb
become drunk or drink excessively

Verb
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

Verb
beat severely; slang

Verb
submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

Verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Verb
leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather''s gold watch"


v. t.
To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

v. t.
To drench; to wet thoroughly.

v. t.
To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

v. t.
To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

v. t.
Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

v. i.
To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

v. i.
To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

v. i.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.


Soak

Soak , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. scan, sgan, to suck. See Suck.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
Their land shall be soaked with blood.
3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Soak

Soak, v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. 3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

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Usage Examples

A million words were going through my head and honestly I didn't say one of them. I wanted to let it sit, simmer, you know I wanted to soak it all in - the moment was amazing.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.

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