'Soak' definitions:
Definition of 'soak'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking]
noun
Washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking]
verb
Submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
verb
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
verb
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]
verb
Leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
verb
Beat severely
verb
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate]
verb
verb
Fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue]
verb
Heat a metal prior to working it
Definition of 'Soak'
From: GCIDE
- Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See Suck.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. [1913 Webster]
- Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. [1913 Webster]
- The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Soak'
From: GCIDE
- Soak \Soak\, v. i.
- 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'soak'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- alcoholic,
- assimilate,
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- bathe,
- belt,
- bender,
- bib,
- bibber,
- biff,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- bonk,
- booze,
- boozehound,
- boozer,
- bottle sucker,
- brannigan,
- brew,
- brewing,
- bum,
- bust,
- busy,
- choke,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- concentrate,
- congest,
- crack,
- cram,
- crowd,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- decoct,
- deluge,
- dip,
- dipsomaniac,
- distill,
- douche,
- douse,
- dowse,
- drain the cup,
- dram,
- draw,
- drench,
- drenching,
- drink,
- drink bottoms-up,
- drink deep,
- drink hard,
- drink off,
- drink up,
- drinker,
- drouk,
- drown,
- drunk,
- drunkard,
- ducking,
- dunking,
- elbow bender,
- engross,
- essentialize,
- exploit,
- express,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fleece,
- flush,
- follow strong drink,
- gargle,
- ginhound,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- grog,
- guzzle,
- guzzler,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hold up,
- hooch hound,
- imbibe,
- imbrue,
- imbruement,
- imbue,
- imbuement,
- immerse,
- impregnate,
- impregnation,
- inebriate,
- infiltrate,
- infiltration,
- infuse,
- infusion,
- inject,
- injection,
- inundate,
- jab,
- jag,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- knock,
- knock back,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- lap,
- lap up,
- lave,
- leach,
- leaching,
- learn,
- let have it,
- liquor up,
- lixiviate,
- lixiviation,
- lush,
- lusher,
- macerate,
- maceration,
- melt down,
- nip,
- occupy,
- overburden,
- overcharge,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overlade,
- overload,
- overprice,
- overstuff,
- overtax,
- overweight,
- pack,
- paste,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- percolation,
- permeate,
- permeation,
- pervade,
- plunk,
- poke,
- press out,
- profiteer,
- pulping,
- punch,
- quaff,
- refine,
- render,
- rinse,
- rum hound,
- rummy,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- saturation,
- screw,
- seethe,
- seething,
- sip,
- skin,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak up,
- soakage,
- soaker,
- soaking,
- sock,
- sodden,
- sop,
- sopping,
- sot,
- souse,
- sousing,
- sponge,
- sponge up,
- steep,
- steeping,
- stew,
- stick,
- sting,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stuff,
- submerge,
- sup,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- swat,
- swig,
- swill,
- swillbelly,
- swillbowl,
- swillpot,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- take in,
- tank up,
- tear,
- thump,
- thwack,
- tipple,
- tippler,
- tope,
- toper,
- toss down,
- toss off,
- victimize,
- wallop,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- wet,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- wino,
- wring,
- wring out,
- yerk