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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
- ‘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.
- The Lusitu community police post project, estimated to cost a total of US $110,000 will have an office block, two semi-detached houses, a communication must, a soakaway and a septic tank.
- 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.
- 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
