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Soak   /soʊk/   Listen
Soak

verb
(past & past part. soaked; pres. part. soaking)
1.
Submerge in a liquid.
2.
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.  Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, surcharge.
3.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.  Synonyms: douse, dowse, drench, sop, souse.
4.
Leave as a guarantee in return for money.  Synonyms: hock, pawn.
5.
Beat severely.
6.
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks).  Synonyms: inebriate, intoxicate.
7.
Become drunk or drink excessively.  Synonyms: hit it up, inebriate, souse.
8.
Fill, soak, or imbue totally.  Synonym: imbue.
9.
Heat a metal prior to working it.
noun
1.
The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).  Synonyms: soakage, soaking.
2.
Washing something by allowing it to soak.  Synonym: soaking.



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"Soak" Quotes from Famous Books



... germs, and if he gets the germs in his scratches he gets blood poison and dies. You got to wait till you get home, Billy, and then lie on your back on Aunt Eileen's bed, and she'll take clean gauze and soak 'em off in cold water. If you haven't got any gauze handy you can use mine, but you'd better buy some. Billy uses as much as a dollar's worth of ...
— Eve to the Rescue • Ethel Hueston
... he got in the hole the wilder he played the game: there was times when I didn't believe he cared a tinker's damn what happened. Whenever he needed any cash all he had to do was soak another plaster on the ranch, borrow again from his father. An' ol' Number Ten is plastered thick now, Steve; right ...
— Man to Man • Jackson Gregory
... ourselves suffering from thirst—I have known the plan to succeed, and enable people to go many days without drinking, without being much the worse for it. We will dip our clothes twice a day in the water, and our skins will thus soak up as much moisture as we absolutely require; though I will allow it would be pleasanter if we had a little cold water to pour down ...
— The South Sea Whaler • W.H.G. Kingston
... your stock pot. A little butter is always needed in tomato soup. In making stock, use a quart of water for every pound of meat and bone. Cut the meat in pieces, crack the bones, place all in the kettle, pour over it the proper quantity of cold water; let it soak a while on the back of the range before cooking. Let soup boil slowly, never hard, (an hour for each pound of meat) strain through a sieve or coarse cloth. Never let the fat remain on your soup. Let get cold and lift it off, or skim it ...
— My Pet Recipes, Tried and True - Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec • Various
... remain in soak for one decade, at least. The writer certainly did well to let a dozen sane, practical years pass between ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various


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