soak

English

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".

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sōk, IPA: /səʊk/, SAMPA: /s@Uk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk
• (US) enPR: sōk, IPA: /soʊk/, SAMPA: /soUk/
• Rhymes: -oʊk
• Homophone: soke

Verb

soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)

1. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

   I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.

2. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

   "Soak the beans overnight before cooking."

3. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

   The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.

4. (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.

Translations

to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it

Chinese: Mandarin: 濕透 (zh), 湿透 (zh) (shītòu) Finnish: liota (fi) French: tremper (fr) German: durchnässen (de) Hungarian: ázik (hu) Italian: inzupparsi (it), imbeversi (it) Japanese: 濡れる (ja) (ぬれる, nureru)

Latvian: mirkt (lv) Polish: przesiąknąć (pl) Portuguese: molhar-se (pt), ensopar-se (pt), enchacar-se (pt) Russian: намокать (ru) (namokát') impf., намокнуть (ru) (namóknut') pf.; промокать (ru) (promokát') impf., промокнуть (ru) (promóknut') pf.; отмокать (ru) (otmokát') impf. Slovak: napustiť (sk), nasiaknuť (sk) Spanish: empapar (es), remojar (es), embeber (es)

to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 浸泡 (zh) (jìnpào) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: liottaa (fi) French: faire tremper (fr), immerger (fr) German: tränken (de), einweichen (de)

Hungarian: áztat (hu) Italian: mettere a bagno (it), mettere a mollo (it), imbevere (it) Japanese: 濡らす (ja) (ぬらす, nurasu) Portuguese: molhar (pt), ensopar (pt), enchacar (pt) Russian: вымачивать (ru) (vymáčivat') impf., вымочить (ru) (výmočit') Slovak: namočiť (sk), vymáčať (sk) Spanish: remojar (es), empapar (es)

to penetrate or permeate by saturation

Catalan: penetrar (ca) Finnish: tihkua (fi) Hungarian: beszívódik (hu) Italian: inzuppare (it)

Russian: просачиваться (ru) (prosáčivat's'a) impf., просочиться (ru) (prosočít's'a) pf. Slovak: presiaknuť (sk) Spanish: saturar (es)

to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed

Finnish: imeä (fi), imeyttää (fi) French: éponger (fr) Hungarian: felszív (hu) Italian: assorbire (it)

Russian: впитывать (ru) (vpítyvat') impf., впитать (ru) (vpitát') pf. Slovak: vpiť (sk), vsiaknuť (sk) Spanish: esponjar

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Dutch: weken German: durchziehen

Spanish: empapar, remojar Portuguese: encharcar, ensopar

Noun

soak (plural soaks)

1. An immersion in water etc.
   • "After the climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath."
2. (slang, UK) A drunkard.

Translations

immersion in a liquid

Finnish: liotus (fi), liko (fi)

Italian: immersione (it) f.

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Spanish: Inmersarse

Anagrams

• koas
• oaks
• okas