soak.
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
Meaning & usage
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.
To absorb; to drain.
To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
An immersion in water etc.
After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
A drunkard.
A carouse; a drinking session.
A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
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