Soak
31soak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wet, drench, saturate, steep; absorb; permeate; drink, tipple; slang, overcharge, bleed. See water, moisture, dryness, drinking, dearness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To drench] Syn. drench, wet,… …
32soak — [OE] Soak and suck come from the same ultimate source, the prehistoric Germanic base *suk . It appears to have been a fairly late Germanic formation, for its only known immediate relative is West Frisian soken or zoken ‘soak’. => SUCK …
33soak — verb 1》 make or become thoroughly wet by immersion in liquid. 2》 make extremely wet: the rain soaked their hair. 3》 (soak something up) absorb a liquid. ↘expose oneself to or experience something beneficial or enjoyable. ↘(soak oneself… …
34soak — verb 1) soak the beans in water Syn: immerse, steep, submerge, submerse, dip, dunk, bathe, douse, marinate, souse 2) we got soaked outside Syn: drench, wet through …
35soak — verb 1) soak the beans in water Syn: dip, immerse, steep, submerge, douse, marinate, souse 2) we got soaked outside Syn: drench, wet through, saturate, waterlog …
36soak — [səʊk] verb [I/T] 1) to put something into a liquid and leave it there for a period of time Leave the beans to soak overnight.[/ex] 2) to make something very wet, or to become very wet The rain poured in, soaking the cardboard boxes.[/ex] • soak… …
37soak — [OE] Soak and suck come from the same ultimate source, the prehistoric Germanic base *suk . It appears to have been a fairly late Germanic formation, for its only known immediate relative is West Frisian soken or zoken ‘soak’. Cf.⇒ SUCK …
38soak in — phr verb Soak in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bath, ↑cloth, ↑oil, ↑tub …
39soak — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
40soak in — Synonyms and related words: absorb, adsorb, assimilate, be glimpsed, blot, blot up, chemisorb, chemosorb, come through, dawn on, digest, drink, drink in, drink up, engross, filter in, get across, get over, imbibe, infiltrate, ingest, leak in,… …
