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soak  (sk)

v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks

v.tr.

1.

a. To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid.

b. To immerse in liquid for a period of time.

2. To absorb (liquid, for example) through or as if through pores or interstices.

3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.

4. Informal To take in or accept mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the gossip.

5. Informal

a. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.

b. To make (a person) drunk.

6. Slang To overcharge (a person).

v.intr.

1. To be immersed until thoroughly saturated.

2. To penetrate or permeate; seep: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.

3. Slang To drink to excess.

n.

1.

a. The act or process of soaking.

b. The condition of being soaked.

2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.

3. Slang A drunkard.

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[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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soaker n.

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soak

Verb

1. to put or lie in a liquid so as to become thoroughly wet

2. (usually foll. by in, into)(of a liquid) to penetrate or permeate

3. (usually foll. by in, up)to take in; absorb: white clay soaks up excess oil

Noun

1. a soaking or being soaked

2. Slang a person who drinks very heavily [Old English sōcian]

soaking nadj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soak - 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" soakage, soaking natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	2.	soak - washing something by allowing it to soak soaking lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Verb	1.	soak - submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
	2.	soak - rip off; ask an unreasonable price fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, surcharge, hook, pluck extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	3.	soak - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" souse, dowse, drench, sop, douse wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" brine - soak in brine bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
	4.	soak - leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" hock, pawn commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
	5.	soak - beat severely beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
	6.	soak - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) inebriate, intoxicate affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" fuddle, befuddle - make stupid with alcohol
	7.	soak - become drunk or drink excessively hit it up, inebriate, souse booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
	8.	soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" imbue steep, infuse - let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing" impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
	9.	soak - heat a metal prior to working it heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

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soak

verb 1. steep, immerse, submerge, infuse, marinate Cookery dunk, submerse

verb 2. wet, damp, saturate, drench, douse, moisten, suffuse, wet through, waterlog, souse, drouk Scot.

verb 3. penetrate, pervade, permeate, enter, get in, infiltrate, diffuse, seep, suffuse, make inroads (into)

soak something up absorb, suck up, take in or up, drink in, assimilate

Translations

soak [səuk] vt (= drench) → empapar (= put in water); remojar

vi → remojarse, estar a remojo

soak in vi → penetrar

soak up vt → absorber

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soak [səuk] vt → faire or laisser tremper (= drench); tremper

vi → tremper;

to be soaked through → être trempé jusqu'aux os

soak in vi → pénétrer, être absorbé(e)

soak up vt → absorber

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soak [səuk] vt (drench) → durchnässen;

(steep) → einweichen

vi → einweichen;

to be soaked through → völlig durchnässt sein

soak in soak vi → einziehen

soak up soak vt → aufsaugen

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soak [səuk] vt → inzuppare [+ clothes]; mettere a mollo

vi → inzupparsi; [clothes] → essere a mollo;

to be soaked through → essere fradicio

soak in vi → penetrare

soak up vt → assorbire

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soak

v soak [səuk]

1 to (let) stand in a liquid She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water. week يَنْقَع في الماء (на)кисна namočit lægge i blød einweichen μουλιάζω remojar(se) leotama, ligunema خيساندن liota, liottaa faire tremper לְהַשרוֹת तर-बतर कर देना smočiti, namočiti (be)áztat; ázik merendam leggja/liggja í bleyti ammollare, mettere a mollo 浸す 잠기다; 담그다 mirkyti, įmerkti iemērkt; mērcēt merendam weken legge i bløt namaczać, moknąć pôr de molho a înmuia замачивать namočiť namočiti natopiti blöta, lägga i blöt แช่ ıslatmak 浸泡 замочувати; занурювати в рідину پانی میں تر بتر ہونے دینا ngâm nhúng 浸泡

2 to make very wet That shower has completely soaked my clothes. deurweek يُبَلِّل напоявам zmáčet gennembløde durchtränken μουσκεύω empaparse läbimärjaks kastma كاملا تر كردن kastella läpimäräksi tremper לְהַרטִיב में भिगोना promočiti átáztat membasahkan gegnbleyta inzuppare ずぶぬれにする ...을 흠뻑 적시다 permerkti samērcēt membasahkan doorweken gjennombløyte, gjøre gjennomvåt moczyć encharcar a uda промачивать namočiť, premočiť premočiti natopiti blöta ner, göra genomvåt (genomblöt) ทำให้เปียก ıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek 濕透 змочувати گیلا کرنا làm ướt sũng 湿透

3 (within, ~into, ~throughetc) (of a liquid) to penetrate The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage. deurweek, deurdrenk يَتَخَلَّل просмуквам (се) (pro)sáknout trænge igennem sickern (δια)ποτίζω, διαπερνώ penetrar imbuma نشت كردن imeytyä pénétrer לְחַלחֵל भीग जाना probiti, prodrijeti átitat; átáztat; átvérzik meresap gegnvæta filtrare しみ出す 스며들다, 스미다 persisunkti izsūkties []; iesūkties meresap doordrenken sive/trenge gjennom moczyć, przesiąkać ensopar a trece просачиваться presiaknuť pronicati probiti tränga in/blöta (blöda) igenom ซึม içine işlemek, sızmak 滲透 вбирати; всмоктувати جذب ہو جانا ngấm qua 渗透

adj soaked

(often withthrough) She got soaked (through) in that shower. deurweek يَخْتَرِق الماءُ الثِّياب мокър promočený gennemblødt durchnäßt τελείως βρεγμένος empapado läbimärg خيس likomärkä trempé מוּשרֶה भीगा हुआ, तर बतर mokar, smočen átázott basah rennblautur inzuppato, bagnato ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 permirkęs izmirkt [] basah kuyup doorweekt gjennomvåt, klissvåt przemoczony encharcado înmuiat промоченный premočený premočen natopljen genomblöt เปียกโชกไปทั้งตัว ıslanmış, sucuk gibi olmuş 濕透的 змокрілий بھیگ جانا hoàn toàn bị ướt đẫm 湿透的

-soaked

rain-soaked / blood-soaked clothing deurweekte مُبَلَّل напоен с prosáklý -gennemblødt durchnäßt μουσκεμένος με empapado de... läbiligunenud -خيس kastelema trempé (de) רָטוּב מְאוֹד से भरा हुआ, में डूबा हुआ natopljen (čime) -áztatta basah oleh gegnblautur bagnato/inzuppato di －でぬれた 「...으로 젖은」이란 뜻의 연결형 permirkęs izmircis; piesūcies bermandikan doordrenkt met -bløt, –våt, gjennomfuktet mokry od ... encharcado de ud (de) промоченный presiaknutý premočen od... natopljen []våt, -blöt, []besudlad ซึ่งเปียก ... içinde, ...-den sırılsıklam olmuş 濕(滲)透的 намочений в чомусь کسی چیز میں تر بتر ngấm đầy cái gì 湿（渗）透的

adj soaking

very wet She took off her soaking garments. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل измокрен promočený drivende våd durchnäßt μουσκεμένος, υγρός empapado tilkuv, läbimärg likomärkä trempé רָטוּב बहुत भीगा हुआ promočen, jako mokar csuromvizes(en) basah gegnblautur zuppo ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 permirkęs piemircis; slapjš; pilošs basah kuyup kletsnat gjennombløt, drivende våt ociekający encharcado muiat промокший premočený premočen mokar genomvåt, -blöt ซึ่งเปียกชุ่ม sırılsıklam 濕透的 дуже мокрий بہت گیلا ướt đẫm 湿透的

soaking wet

soaking; very wet I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل вир вода mokrý drivende våd tropfnaß μούσκεμα empapado tilkuv, läbimärg خيسٍ خيس likomärkä trempé רָטוּב לְגַמרֵי बहुत गीला jako mokar bőrig ázott; csuromvizes basah kuyup gegnblautur zuppo, bagnato fradicio ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 permirkęs, šlapias galīgi slapjš basah kuyup kletsnat gjennomvåt, drivende våt ociekający todo molhado muiat мокрый (насквозь) mokrý zelo moker skroz mokar genomvåt, -blöt ที่เปียกชุ่ม çok ıslak 濕淋淋的 мокрий, як хлющ مکمل طور پر گیلا ướt đẫm 湿淋淋的

soak up

to draw in or suck up; to absorb You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth. opsuig, spons يَمتَص всмуквам vysát suge op; tørre op aufwischen απορροφώ, μαζεύω absorber imema, imama تو كشيدن؛ جذب كردن imeä absorber לִספּוֹג सोख लेना upiti, usisati felitat menyerap drekka í sig asciugare 吸い取る ...을 빨아들이다; 흡수하다 sugerti iesūkt; uzsūkt; nosusināt mengelap opslorpen trekke/suge opp wchłaniać, ścierać absorver a absorbi промокать vysať vpijati pokupiti suga upp เช็ด emmek 吸收(水等) промокати جذب کر لینا، چوس لینا thấm, ngấm 吸收（水等）