soak

transitive verb

1. to make thoroughly wet; drench or saturate: soaked to the skin by the rain
2. to submerge or keep in a liquid, as for thorough wetting, softening, for hydrotherapy, etc.
3. 1. to take in (liquid) by sucking or absorbing: usually with up
   2. to absorb by exposure to it: to soak up sunshine
4. 1. to take in mentally, esp. with little effort: to soak up knowledge
   2. to immerse (oneself) in some study or branch of learning
5. ☆ Informal to charge heavily or too dearly; overcharge
6. ☆ Slang to give a heavy blow to

intransitive verb

1. to stay immersed in water or other liquid for wetting, softening, etc.
2. to pass or penetrate as a liquid does; permeate: rain soaking through his coat
3. to become absorbed mentally: the fact soaked into his head

noun

1. the act or process of soaking
2. the state of being soaked
3. liquid used for soaking or steeping
4. Slang a drunkard