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soak English

Meaning soak meaning

What does soak mean?
Definitions in simple English

soak Verb

— An act of putting a piece of cloth or something made of thread or silk into a basin of water. I soaked my dirty clothes into the soap water.

soak

— verb submerge in a liquid I soaked in the hot tub for an hour — verb (= overcharge) rip off; ask an unreasonable price — verb (= souse) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto souse water on his hot face — verb (= imbue) fill, soak, or imbue totally soak the bandage with disinfectant — verb heat a metal prior to working it — noun (= soaking) 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 — noun (= soaking) washing something by allowing it to soak — verb beat severely — verb (= intoxicate) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) — verb (= souse) become drunk or drink excessively — verb (= pawn) leave as a guarantee in return for money pawn your grandfather's gold watch

Synonyms soak synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as soak?

soak English » English

dip drench wet steep saturate immerse moisten put in water imbue souse macerate sop soaking impregnate douse water dunk dowse sink infuse inebriate drip well waterhole surcharge sprinkle soften soakage rob ret plunge pawn overcharge imbrue hook hock hit it up fleece dye drown dip in dampen wash suckle submerge stain sog soak up plume pluck

Topics soak topics

What do people use soak to talk about?
Universe, creation Water

Wet
Universe, creation Water

Be in water

  • What words refer to putting something like food in water for a long time?
    soak marinate
Daily life Cleaning

Wash clothes
Physical actions Arrange Put

Fill, cover
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Take something out of something

Conjugation soak conjugation

How do you conjugate soak?

soak · verb

Examples soak examples

How do I use soak in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Japanese love to soak in a hot tub before bed.
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
Tom's muscles were tired and he wanted to get home and soak in a hot bath for a while.
Soak this sponge in water.
Soak them overnight.
You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
Tom's father's a bit of a soak.

Movie subtitles

Don't let it soak so long.
Go soak your head and see if I care!
Don't let him soak here.
I could soak in here for a month.
I don't know why I make tomato. They always soak through the bread when they've been standing.
But right now I'm going to soak in that cool bathtub for one solid hour.
To soak it full, you'll do anything that's ruthless, selfish, dishonest.
He don't soak me nothing.
First off, I'm going to a Turkish bath to sweat and soak. till I get all the grime and dirt out of my system.
Tell them you'll soak the fat boys, and forget the tax stuff.
I'm going to soak the fat boys and spread it out thin.
Let it soak in for a while.
Why, I soak in hot water every day, mister.
Let the pans soak.
How do they think up those plots? Don't soak it yet.
Soak it, please. She's behind the perfume counter at Black's.
I told monsieur the doctor ordered me to soak in this foam for my nerves.
Never mind him. Tell him to go soak his head in a barrel.
Tell him to go soak his red hair.
Don't let him soak here. Carry him inside.
It doesn't seem to matter how much champagne you soak up, you always feel great the next morning. Hello.
They always soak through the bread.
Go home and soak your head. Good night.
Rusty's boat's ready, but her hull ought to soak 24 hours.
Soak his head in warm water, and if the pain persists, give him this.
Good evening, and don't forget to soak his head in warm water.
He said to soak it in warm water!
I really will have to soak it in warm water.
Go home and soak your head.
Go soak your head.
Maybe I'll go up and have a hot tub soak for awhile.
Know what to do? Soak your feet in hot water.
Yeah, well, let her soak.

News and current affairs

Corbyn is an old-fashioned socialist who would like to soak the rich and put transport and utilities back under state control.
India needs to attract higher FDI inflows to help soak up the economy's excess capacity.
The WWF and some researchers choose to get around this by defining the area of emissions as the area of forest needed to soak up the extra CO2.

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