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soak
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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.

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

soaker n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.soaksoak - 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"
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
lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Verb1.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
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"
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"
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)
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
booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
8.soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
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"

soak
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
viremojarse, estar a remojo
soak in vipenetrar
soak up vtabsorber
soak [səuk] vtfaire or laisser tremper (= drench); tremper
vitremper;
to be soaked through → être trempé jusqu'aux os
soak in vipénétrer, être absorbé(e)
soak up vtabsorber
soak [səuk] vt (drench) → durchnässen;
(steep) → einweichen
vieinweichen;
to be soaked through → völlig durchnässt sein
soak in soak vieinziehen
soak up soak vtaufsaugen
soak [səuk] vtinzuppare [+ clothes]; mettere a mollo
viinzupparsi; [clothes] → essere a mollo;
to be soaked through → essere fradicio
soak in vipenetrare
soak up vtassorbire

soak
v soak [səuk]
1 to (let) stand in a liquid She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water.weekيَنْقَع في الماء(на)киснаnamočitlægge i blødeinweichenμουλιάζωremojar(se)leotama, ligunemaخيساندنliota, liottaafaire tremperלְהַשרוֹתतर-बतर कर देनाsmočiti, namočiti(be)áztat; ázikmerendamleggja/liggja í bleytiammollare, mettere a mollo浸す잠기다; 담그다mirkyti, įmerktiiemērkt; mērcētmerendamwekenlegge i bløtnamaczać, moknąćpôr de molhoa înmuiaзамачиватьnamočiťnamočitinatopitiblöta, lägga i blötแช่ıslatmak浸泡замочувати; занурювати в рідинуپانی میں تر بتر ہونے دیناngâm nhúng
2 to make very wet That shower has completely soaked my clothes.deurweekيُبَلِّلнапоявамzmáčetgennemblødedurchtränkenμουσκεύωempaparseläbimärjaks kastmaكاملا تر كردنkastella läpimäräksitremperלְהַרטִיבमें भिगोनाpromočitiátáztatmembasahkangegnbleytainzuppareずぶぬれにする...을 흠뻑 적시다permerktisamērcētmembasahkandoorwekengjennombløyte, gjøre gjennomvåtmoczyćencharcara udaпромачиватьnamočiť, premočiťpremočitinatopitiblöta ner, göra genomvåt (genomblöt)ทำให้เปียกıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek濕透змочуватиگیلا کرناlàm ướt sũng湿
3 (with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage.deurweek, deurdrenkيَتَخَلَّلпросмуквам (се)(pro)sáknouttrænge igennemsickern(δια)ποτίζω, διαπερνώpenetrarimbumaنشت كردنimeytyäpénétrerלְחַלחֵלभीग जानाprobiti, prodrijetiátitat; átáztat; átvérzikmeresapgegnvætafiltrareしみ出す스며들다, 스미다persisunktiizsūkties []; iesūktiesmeresapdoordrenkensive/trenge gjennommoczyć, przesiąkaćensopara treceпросачиватьсяpresiaknuťpronicatiprobititränga in/blöta (blöda) igenomซึมiçine işlemek, sızmak滲透вбирати; всмоктуватиجذب ہو جاناngấm qua
adj soaked
(often with through) She got soaked (through) in that shower.deurweekيَخْتَرِق الماءُ الثِّيابмокърpromočenýgennemblødtdurchnäßtτελείως βρεγμένοςempapadoläbimärgخيسlikomärkätrempéמוּשרֶהभीगा हुआ, तर बतरmokar, smočenátázottbasahrennblauturinzuppato, bagnatoずぶぬれの흠뻑 젖은permirkęsizmirkt []basah kuyupdoorweektgjennomvåt, klissvåtprzemoczonyencharcadoînmuiatпромоченныйpremočenýpremočennatopljengenomblötเปียกโชกไปทั้งตัวıslanmış, sucuk gibi olmuş濕透的змокрілийبھیگ جاناhoàn toàn bị ướt đẫm湿
-soaked
rain-soaked / blood-soaked clothingdeurweekteمُبَلَّلнапоен сprosáklý-gennemblødtdurchnäßtμουσκεμένος μεempapado de...läbiligunenud-خيسkastelematrempé (de)רָטוּב מְאוֹדसे भरा हुआ, में डूबा हुआnatopljen (čime)-áztattabasah olehgegnblauturbagnato/inzuppato di-でぬれた「...으로 젖은」이란 뜻의 연결형permirkęsizmircis; piesūciesbermandikandoordrenkt met-bløt, –våt, gjennomfuktetmokry od ...encharcado deud (de)промоченныйpresiaknutýpremočen od...natopljen[]våt, -blöt, []besudladซึ่งเปียก... içinde, ...-den sırılsıklam olmuş濕(滲)透的намочений в чомусьکسی چیز میں تر بترngấm đầy cái gì湿
adj ˈsoaking
very wet She took off her soaking garments.druipnatرَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّلизмокренpromočenýdrivende våddurchnäßtμουσκεμένος, υγρόςempapadotilkuv, läbimärglikomärkätrempéרָטוּבबहुत भीगा हुआpromočen, jako mokarcsuromvizes(en)basahgegnblauturzuppoずぶぬれの흠뻑 젖은permirkęspiemircis; slapjš; pilošsbasah kuyupkletsnatgjennombløt, drivende våtociekającyencharcadomuiatпромокшийpremočenýpremočenmokargenomvåt, -blötซึ่งเปียกชุ่มsırılsıklam濕透的дуже мокрийبہت گیلاướt đẫm湿
soaking wet
soaking; very wet I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet.druipnatرَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّلвир водаmokrýdrivende vådtropfnaßμούσκεμαempapadotilkuv, läbimärgخيسٍ خيسlikomärkätrempéרָטוּב לְגַמרֵיबहुत गीलाjako mokarbőrig ázott; csuromvizesbasah kuyupgegnblauturzuppo, bagnato fradicioずぶぬれの흠뻑 젖은permirkęs, šlapiasgalīgi slapjšbasah kuyupkletsnatgjennomvåt, drivende våtociekającytodo molhadomuiatмокрый (насквозь)mokrýzelo mokerskroz mokargenomvåt, -blötที่เปียกชุ่มçok ıslak濕淋淋的мокрий, як хлющمکمل طور پر گیلاướt đẫm湿
soak up
to draw in or suck up; to absorb You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth.opsuig, sponsيَمتَصвсмуквамvysátsuge op; tørre opaufwischenαπορροφώ, μαζεύωabsorberimema, imamaتو كشيدن؛ جذب كردنimeäabsorberלִספּוֹגसोख लेनाupiti, usisatifelitatmenyerapdrekka í sigasciugare吸い取る...을 빨아들이다; 흡수하다sugertiiesūkt; uzsūkt; nosusinātmengelapopslorpentrekke/suge oppwchłaniać, ścieraćabsorvera absorbiпромокатьvysaťvpijatipokupitisuga uppเช็ดemmek吸收(水等)промокатиجذب کر لینا، چوس لیناthấm, ngấm

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