soak in

English

Etymology

Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”).

Verb

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

1. To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)
2. To spend time experiencing something
   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.

Anagrams

• koinas, Nokias, okinas, ikonas, Kaison