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Definition of 'soak'English
Verb
( en-verb)
(label) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
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* Bible, (w) xxiv. 7
- Their land shall be soaked with blood.
(label) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
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(label) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
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* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
- The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.
(label) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up )
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* {{quote-book|year=1927|author= F. E. Penny
|chapter=4|title= Pulling the Strings
|passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
(label) To heat a metal before shaping it.
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
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(label) To absorb; to drain.
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Noun
( en-noun)
An immersion in water etc.
* "After the climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath."
(slang|British) A drunkard.
(Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
* 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber & Faber 2003, p. 38:
- I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.
Similar to 'soak'seek, shook, suck, shock, sick, sock, sack, shack, sheik, shuck, suk, sook, souk, saick, shaik, seck, seak, swack
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