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   soak

   /səʊk/

   verb

   • 1. make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid: "soak the beans overnight in water" Similar immersesteepsubmergesubmersedipsinkdunkbathewetrinsedousemarinatesousepickleret
   • ▪ be immersed in water or another liquid: "she spent some time soaking in a hot bath"
   • ▪ (of a liquid) cause (something or someone) to become extremely wet: "the rain poured down, soaking their hair" Similar drenchwet throughsaturatewaterlogdelugeinundatesubmergedrownswamparchaic:sop
   • ▪ (of a liquid) penetrate or permeate something completely: "cold water was soaking into my shoes" Similar permeatepenetratepercolatesoak intoseep into/throughspread throughinfuseimpregnateimbuepervade
   • ▪ remove something by immersing it in water for a period of time: "don't disturb the wound—soak the dressing off if necessary"
   • 2. impose heavy charges or taxation on: informal "he is again vowing to soak the rich, as he has long threatened to do"
   • 3. drink heavily: archaic, informal "you keep soaking in taverns"

   noun

   • 1. an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time: "I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath"
   • 2. a heavy drinker: informal "his daughter stayed up to put the old soak to bed"
   • 3. a hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole. Australian

   Word Origin Old Englishsocian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan‘to suck’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. soakage noun
   • 2. soaker noun

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