soak
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soak
- /səʊk/ UK
- /soʊk/ US
Sounds like soke · Rhymes with -əʊk
Where it comes from
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
verb soaks · soaking · soaked
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation. Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
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To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
Similar: imbue
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up) A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
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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.
Similar: fleece
- To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- 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.
- To absorb; to drain. That they will want a certaine sucking and soaking
- To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
verb soaks · soaking · soaked
- (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?
noun soaks
- An immersion in water etc. After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
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A drunkard.
Similar: alcoholic, souse, suck-pint, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer
- A carouse; a drinking session.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: soakage, sop, imbue, dowse, douse, saturate, intoxicate, pluck, inebriate, drench, hook, fleece, souse, rob, hock, overcharge
Translations
Every language
verb to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
| Español | empaparse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잠기다 jamgida |
| 日本語 | 濡れる nureru, 浸る 染みる hitaru |
| 中文 | 濕透 /湿透 shītòu |
| हिन्दी | सोखना sokhnā |
| Português | molhar-se, ensopar-se, encharcar-se |
| Français | tremper |
| Deutsch | durchnässen |
| Italiano | inzupparsi, imbeversi |
| Русский | намока́ть namokátʹ, намо́кнуть namóknutʹ, промока́ть promokátʹ, промо́кнуть promóknutʹ, отмока́ть otmokátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ngâm |
| العربية | اِبْتَلَّ ibtalla |
verb to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
| Español | empapar, enriar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잠그다 jamgeuda |
| 日本語 | 濡らす nurasu, 浸す hitasu |
| 中文 | 浸泡 jìnpào, 浸透 jìntòu, 泡 pào |
| हिन्दी | भिगोना bhigonā, भिगाना bhigānā |
| Português | molhar, ensopar, encharcar, deixar de molho, demolhar, pôr de molho |
| Français | faire tremper, immerger |
| Deutsch | tränken, einweichen |
| Italiano | mettere a bagno, mettere a mollo, imbevere |
| Română | muia |
| Русский | выма́чивать vymáčivatʹ, вы́мочить výmočitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ngâm |
| עברית | הִשְׁרָה hishrá |
verb to penetrate or permeate by saturation
| Italiano | inzuppare |
|---|---|
| Русский | проса́чиваться prosáčivatʹsja, просочи́ться prosočítʹsja |
verb to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
| Español | esponjar, embeber |
|---|---|
| Français | éponger |
| Italiano | assorbire |
| Русский | впи́тывать vpítyvatʹ, впита́ть vpitátʹ |
noun immersion in a liquid
| Deutsch | Einweichen |
|---|---|
| Italiano | immersione |
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