Definitions for soak
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soak, soakage, soakingnoun

   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"

2. soak, soakingverb

   washing something by allowing it to soak

3. soakverb

   submerge in a liquid

   "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

4. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

5. drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souseverb

   cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

6. pawn, soak, hockverb

   leave as a guarantee in return for money

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

7. soakverb

   beat severely

8. intoxicate, soak, inebriateverb

   make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

9. souse, soak, inebriate, hit it upverb

   become drunk or drink excessively

10. soak, imbueverb

    fill, soak, or imbue totally

    "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

11. soakverb

    heat a metal prior to working it

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. soaknoun

   An immersion in water etc.

2. soaknoun

   A drunkard.

3. soakverb

   To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

   I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.

4. soakverb

   To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

   "Soak the beans overnight before cooking."

5. soakverb

   To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

   The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.

6. soakverb

   To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)

   I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.

7. Etymology: soken, from socian, a causative weak grade form of sucan, originally meaning "to cause to suck, cause to suck up".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Soakverb

   1. To macerate in any moisture; to steep; to keep wet till moisture is imbibed; to drench.

   Many of our princes
   Lie drown’d and soak’d in mercenary blood:
   So do our vulgar drench their peasant limbs
   In blood of princes. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

   Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxxiv. 7.

   There deep Galesus soaks the yellow sands. Dryden.

   Thou whose life’s a dream of lazy pleasure:
   ’Tis all thy business, bus’ness how to shun
   To bask thy naked body in the sun;
   Suppling thy stiffen’d joints with fragrant oil;
   Then in thy spacious garden walk a while,
   To suck the moisture up and soak it in. Dryden.

   Wormwood, put into the brine you soak your corn in, prevents the birds eating it. John Mortimer.

   2. To drain; to exhaust. This seems to be a cant term.

   Plants that draw much nourishment from the earth, and soak and exhaust it, hurt all things that grow by them. Francis Bacon.

   A greater sparer than a saver; for though he had such means to accumulate, yet his forts, and his garrisons, and his feastings, wherein he was only sumptuous, could not but soak his exchequer. Henry Wotton.

2. To Soakverb

   Etymology: socian , Saxon.

   1. To lie steeped in moisture.

   For thy conceit in soaking will draw in
   More than the common blocks. William Shakespeare.

   2. To enter by degrees into pores.

   Lay a heap of earth in great frosts upon a hollow vessel, putting a canvass between, and pour water upon it, so as to soak through: it will make a harder ice in the vessel, and less apt to dissolve than ordinarily. Francis Bacon.

   Rain soaking into the strata, which lie near the surface, bears with it all such moveable matter as occurs. John Woodward.

   3. To drink gluttonously and intemperately. This is a low term.

   Let a drunkard see that his health decays, his estate wastes, yet the habitual thirst after his cups drives him to the tavern, though he has in his view the loss of health and plenty; the least of which he confesses is far greater than the tickling of his palate with a glass of wine, or the idle chat of a soaking club. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soak

   Bridie Monds-Watson, better known by the stage name Soak, is a singer-songwriter from Derry, Northern Ireland. Soak's music has been described as 'a vivid portrait of teenage deep-thinking' by The Guardian. They released their debut studio album Before We Forgot How to Dream in May 2015. "Soak" is a phonetic portmanteau of "soul" and "folk".

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1. soak

   To soak is to immerse something completely in a liquid for a period of time, usually to soften, clean, or absorb the liquid. It can also refer to any process where something slowly takes in a attribute, influence or quality over a period of time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Soakverb

   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. Soakverb

   to drench; to wet thoroughly

3. Soakverb

   to draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture

4. Soakverb

   to make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through

5. Soakverb

   fig.: To absorb; to drain

6. Soakverb

   to lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak

7. Soakverb

   to enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter

8. Soakverb

   to drink intemperately or gluttonously

9. Etymology: [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. scan, sgan, to suck. See Suck.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Soak

   sōk, v.t. to steep in a fluid: to wet thoroughly: to drench: to draw in by the pores.—v.i. to be steeped in a liquid: to enter into pores: to drink to excess, to guzzle.—n. process or act of soaking: a hard drinker, a carouse.—ns. Soak′age, act of soaking: the amount soaked in; Soak′er, a habitual drunkard.—p.adj. Soak′ing, that wets thoroughly: drenching, as rain.—adv. Soak′ingly.—adj. Soak′y, steeped, wet. [A.S. súcan, to suck, pa.t. seác, pa.p. socen.]

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1. koas

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of soak in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of soak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of soak in a Sentence

1. Matthew Sullivan:

   In the last 20 years or so, weve learned that half of the oxygen that we breathe comes from marine organisms, additionally, the oceans soak up half of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

2. Jinna Yang:

   I took the time to appreciate the little things, in every city I went, I took time to sit and soak in sights.

3. Kellie Mulhollen Dumas:

   We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS.

4. Abby Wambach:

   I can't tell you what it means to be a world champion, to win a World Cup, because obviously it hasn't really sunk in. ... I can't believe it. I am going to soak it up.

5. Paradi Mirmirani:

   Dry shampoos use powder, starch, or talc to soak up oil, and none of those ingredients directly impact the ability of follicles to grow new hair.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=soak
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Soak
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=soak
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soak
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soak
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=soak