soak Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
    soaking; soakage.
    • a good soak put life back in the wagon
  2. noun washing something by allowing it to soak
    soaking.
  3. verb submerge in a liquid
    • I soaked in the hot tub for an hour
  4. verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    fleece; plume; pluck; hook; overcharge; rob; gazump; surcharge.
  5. verb cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    drench; souse; sop; douse; dowse.
    • souse water on his hot face
  6. verb leave as a guarantee in return for money
    pawn; hock.
    • pawn your grandfather's gold watch
  7. verb beat severely
  8. verb make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
    intoxicate; inebriate.
  9. verb become drunk or drink excessively
    inebriate; souse; hit it up.
  10. verb fill, soak, or imbue totally
    imbue.
    • soak the bandage with disinfectant
  11. verb heat a metal prior to working it

WordNet


Soak transitive verb
Etymology
OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. scan, sgan, to suck. See Suck.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Soaked ; present participle & verbal noun Soaking
Definitions
  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.
Soak intransitive verb
Definitions
  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 1913