soak
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”), a causative weak grade form of sūcan (“to suck”), originally meaning "to cause to suck, cause to suck up".
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: sōk, IPA: /səʊk/, SAMPA: /s@Uk/
- Rhymes: -əʊk
- (US) enPR: sōk, IPA: /soʊk/, SAMPA: /soUk/
- Rhymes: -oʊk
- Homophone: soke
[edit] Verb
soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- "Soak the beans overnight before cooking."
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
[edit] Translations
to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
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to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
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to penetrate or permeate by saturation
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to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
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[edit] Noun
soak (plural soaks)
- An immersion in water etc.
- "After the climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath."
- (slang, UK) A drunkard.
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