soak

Plural: soaks

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"
• washing something by allowing it to soak
• An immersion in water etc.
• A drunkard.
• A carouse; a drinking session.
• A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.

Verb

Verb Forms: soaked, soaking, soaks

• To immerse thoroughly in liquid; to absorb completely.
• submerge in a liquid
  • "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
• leave as a guarantee in return for money
• beat severely
• make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
• become drunk or drink excessively
• fill, soak, or imbue totally
  • "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
• heat a metal prior to working it
• To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
• To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
• To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
• To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
• To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
• To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
• To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
• To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
• To absorb; to drain.
• To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
• (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.

Examples

• A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
• After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
• His strategy was to soak up all the high-value tiles from the bag.
• I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
• I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
• Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
• The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
• We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.

Synonyms

douse, dowse, drench, fleece, gazump, hit it up, hock, hook, imbue, inebriate, intoxicate, overcharge, pawn, pluck, plume, rob, soakage, soaking, sop, souse, surcharge, alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, fleece#Verb, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, sponge, squeeze-grape, suck-pint, sucker, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tosspot, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino

Antonyms

undercharge

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