soaked

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

soaked - very drunk besotted, blind drunk, blotto, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, crocked, fuddled, pissed, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

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soaked

adjective drenched, saturated, sodden, sopping, dripping wet, wet through, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, like a drowned rat, droukit or drookit (Scot.) We got soaked walking home.

Translations

soaked [ˈsəʊkt] adj → trempé(e)
By the time we got back we were soaked → Nous sommes rentrés trempés.
to get soaked to the skin → être trempé(e) jusqu'aux os

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soaked

adj

(= drenched) person, garment → durchnässt; her dress was soaked → ihr Kleid war klatschnass (inf) → or völlig durchnässt; his T-shirt was soaked in sweat → sein T-Shirt war schweißgetränkt; to get soaked → völlig durchnässt werden; to be soaked to the skin, to be soaked through → bis auf die Haut nass sein

(fig: = steeped) to be soaked in something (person) → in etw (dat) → ganz aufgehen; (performance etc) → von etw durchdrungen sein

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