soak
verb/səʊk/
/səʊk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they soak | /səʊk/ /səʊk/ |
| he / she / it soaks | /səʊks/ /səʊks/ |
| past simple soaked | /səʊkt/ /səʊkt/ |
| past participle soaked | /səʊkt/ /səʊkt/ |
| -ing form soaking | /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/ /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way
- soak something (in something) I usually soak the beans overnight.
- If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out.
- soak something with something He soaked the cloth with petrol.
- soak (in something) Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes.
- I'm going to go and soak in the bath.
- Soak the clothes in cold water.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- thoroughly
- overnight
- …
- leave something to
- let something
- in
- into
- through
- …
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- [transitive] soak somebody/something to make somebody/something completely wet synonym drench
- A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators.
- [intransitive] (of a liquid) to enter or pass through something
- soak through something Blood had soaked through the bandage.
- The rain had soaked through every layer of his clothing.
- soak into something Water dripped off the table and soaked into the carpet.
- [transitive] soak somebody (informal) to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices
- He was accused of soaking his clients.
Word OriginOld English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’.
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