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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOAK, v.t.
1. To steep; to cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other fluid; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. The earth is soaked with heavy rain. Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isaiah 34.
3. To draw in by the pores; as the skin.
4. To drain. [Not authirized.]
SOAK, v.i.
1. To lie steeped in water or other fluid. Let the cloth lie and soak.
2. To enter into pores or interstices. Water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously; to drench; as a soaking club. [Low.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking]
2: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking] v
1: submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]
4: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
5: beat severely
6: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate]
7: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up]
8: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue]
9: heat a metal prior to working it

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English soken, from Old English socian; akin to Old English s?can to suck Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to lie immersed in liquid (as water) ; become saturated by or as if by immersion 2. a. to enter or pass through something by or as if by pores or interstices ; permeate b. to penetrate or affect the mind or feelings — usually used with in or into 3. to drink alcoholic beverages intemperately transitive verb 1. to permeate so as to wet, soften, or fill thoroughly 2. to place in a surrounding element (as liquid) to wet or permeate thoroughly 3. to extract by or as if by steeping <soak the dirt out> 4. a. to draw or take in by or as if by suction or absorption <soaked up the sunshine> b. to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking alcoholic beverages 5. to cause to pay an exorbitant amount • soaker noun Synonyms: soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate mean to permeate or be permeated with a liquid. soak implies usually prolonged immersion as for softening or cleansing <soak the garment in soapy water>. saturate implies a resulting effect of complete absorption until no more liquid can be held <a saturated sponge>. drench implies a thorough wetting by something that pours down or is poured <clothes drenched by a cloudburst>. steep suggests either the extraction of an essence (as of tea leaves) by the liquid or the imparting of a quality (as a color) to the thing immersed <steep the tea for five minutes>. impregnate implies a thorough interpenetration of one thing by another <a cake strongly impregnated with brandy>. II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act or process of soaking ; the state of being soaked b. that (as liquid) in which something is soaked 2. drunkard 3. slang pawn II,2

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become thoroughly wet through saturation with or in liquid. 2 tr. (of rain etc.) drench. 3 tr. (foll. by in, up) a absorb (liquid). b acquire (knowledge etc.) copiously. 4 refl. (often foll. by in) steep (oneself) in a subject of study etc. 5 intr. (foll. by in, into, through) (of liquid) make its way or penetrate by saturation. 6 tr. colloq. extract money from by an extortionate charge, taxation, etc. (soak the rich). 7 intr. colloq. drink persistently, booze. 8 tr. (as soaked adj.) very drunk. --n. 1 the act of soaking or the state of being soaked. 2 a drinking-bout. 3 colloq. a hard drinker. Derivatives: soakage n. soaker n. soaking n. & adj. Etymology: OE socian rel. to soc sucking at the breast, sucan SUCK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soak Soak, v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. 3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soak Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See Suck.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(soaks, soaking, soaked) 1. If you soak something or leave it to soak, you put it into a liquid and leave it there. Soak the beans for 2 hours... He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak. VERB: V n, V 2. If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet. The water had soaked his jacket and shirt... Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water. VERB: V n, V n with n 3. If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it. There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts... VERB: V prep/adv 4. If someone soaks, they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it. What I need is to soak in a hot tub. VERB: V • Soak is also a noun. I was having a long soak in the bath. N-COUNT 5. see also soaked, soaking

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Steep, macerate, imbrue. 2. Drench, wet, saturate. 3. Penetrate, work through. 4. Imbibe, absorb. II. v. n. Steep, be soaked.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To drink. An old soaker; a drunkard, one that moistens his clay to make it stick together.

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