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1. n. plural of soak | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
soak | |
1. v. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
2. v. To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
Soak the beans overnight before cooking. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
3. v. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
4. v. To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up) | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
5. v. (figurative, transitive) To take money from. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
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 th | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
6. v. (slang) To drink intemperately or gluttonously. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
7. v. (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
8. v. (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
9. v. (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
10. n. An immersion in water etc. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
After the climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
11. n. (slang) A drunkard. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
12. n. (slang) A carouse; a drinking session. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |
13. n. (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain. | ![](https://www.lexisrex.com/query_button.png?1) |