soak 
soak (sōk)
transitive verb
- to make thoroughly wet; drench or saturate soaked to the skin by the rain
- to submerge or keep in a liquid, as for thorough wetting, softening, for hydrotherapy, etc.
- to take in (liquid) by sucking or absorbing: usually with up
- to absorb by exposure to it to soak up sunshine
- to take in mentally, esp. with little effort to soak up knowledge
- to immerse (oneself) in some study or branch of learning
- ☆ Informal to charge heavily or too dearly; overcharge
- ☆ Slang to give a heavy blow to
Etymology: ME soken < OE socian < base of sucan: see suck
intransitive verb
- to stay immersed in water or other liquid for wetting, softening, etc.
- to pass or penetrate as a liquid does; permeate rain soaking through his coat
- to become absorbed mentally the fact soaked into his head
noun
- the act or process of soaking
- the state of being soaked
- liquid used for soaking or steeping
- Slang a drunkard
soak out
to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
soak
v.
To drench
drench, wet, immerse, immerge, merge, dip, water, imbrue, infiltrate, percolate, permeate, drown, saturate, impregnate, pour into, pour on, wash over, flood; see also cover 8, moisten.To remain in liquid
steep, imbue, macerate, soften, be saturated, be infiltrated, be permeated, be pervaded, infuse, sink into, waterlog. To absorb
soak implies immersion in a liquid, etc. as for the purpose of absorption, thorough wetting, softening, etc. to soak bread in milk; saturate implies absorption to a point where no more can be taken up air saturated with moisture; drench implies a thorough wetting as by a downpour a garden drenched by the rain; steep usually suggests soaking for the purpose of extracting the essence of something to steep tea; impregnate implies the penetration and permeation of one thing by another wood impregnated with creosote
Object
- rag: Avoid spraying electric motors, extension leads, circuit breakers etc. - wipe down with a rag soaked in disinfectant.
- gauze: Traditional dressings: A pack of ribbon gauze soaked in an antiseptic solution is a very traditional way of managing cavity wounds.
- sponge: The head is shaved an the cap has a natural sponge soaked in salt water stuck in it.
- cloth: Handle, seat, trap should be wiped with a damp cloth soaked in a solution of disinfectant eg.
- swab: In females, the vagina is packed with an iodine soaked swab.
Adjective complement
- wet: You lay, soaking wet, in a small hollow in the corner of a ruined building.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- through: Can we go home now mom I am soaked through.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: Relax out on the rooftop terrace or soak up the sun by the pool.
Particle object:
- atmosphere: We soaked up the surfer atmosphere at the two decent bars on the front with great views of the breakers.
- sun: Relax out on the rooftop terrace or soak up the sun by the pool.
- sunshine: Soak up some tropical sunshine by the swimming pool.
- ray: Soak up the rays in idyllic beaches on Zanzibar or on the shores of Lake Malawi.
- ambiance: You'll have the afternoon to soak up the ambiance and allure of this romantic city as you explore on your own.
- bump: Power delivery is smooth and accessible, the interior is refined and comfortable and the ride is supple enough to soak up most bumps.
Preposition: in
- disinfectant: Solid waste All contaminated glass or plastic must be soaked in disinfectant for a period of several hours.
- brine: They are peas, pure and simple, with no additives, and not soaked in brine or processed.
- nectar: You smell like a skunk soaking in sardine nectar for a week.
- tub: I gave her a bath, let her soak in the tub for about 25 minutes.
- vinegar: Here provisions were left by neighbors in return for coins soaked in vinegar in a pool at the edge of the well.
- bath: Try a cooling soak in the bath for about 20 minutes.
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