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UK
/sˈəʊk/
]
[ US /ˈsoʊk/ ]
[ US /ˈsoʊk/ ]
VERB
-
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse water on his hot face -
fill, soak, or imbue totally
soak the bandage with disinfectant -
leave as a guarantee in return for money
pawn your grandfather's gold watch -
submerge in a liquid
I soaked in the hot tub for an hour - beat severely
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- become drunk or drink excessively
- heat a metal prior to working it
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
NOUN
- washing something by allowing it to soak
-
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
How To Use soak In A Sentence
- So it was either scurvy-flavored hookers and gin-soaked alkies, or nothing at all. PAUL IS UNDEAD
- Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
- In some recipes, such as tabbouleh, bulgur can be soaked in liquid without requiring cooking. The Kitchn
- _ -- Soak a teaspoonful of gelatine in a dessert spoonful of water. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.
- I use the brush first rapped with a cleaning patch soaked in carburetor cleaner. Live from the SHOT Show: New Gun Reviews
- Still, the crêpe was even oilier - thick, flabby and barely hot, with the flavour of an onion-soaked flannel. Times, Sunday Times
- I don't mind when it rains but I hate that thin film drizzle that seems only to be in the air but manages to soak you in next to no time.
- ‘Maria Maria Maria’ is simply gorgeous - a dark, reverb-soaked slab of despondency with a lyrical combination of absurdism and sincerity that could only have come from Merritt.
- Since my parents both commuted a long way from home, long before the word "playdate" ever existed, I spent most afternoons running from house to house, soaking up the sounds, smells and tastes. Jessica Seinfeld: Reclaiming Family Food
- Each patrol day ends with uniforms soaked in sweat, and the soil of the deadland is powder under the hoofs of the patrol mounts, rising and infiltrating boots and uniforms, and leaving every lancer's skin dry and itchy from salt and sweat and dust. The Magi'i Of Cyador