Definitions for soak

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Spelling: [sohk]

IPA: /soʊk/

Soak is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in soak (akos).

Definitions for soak

noun

1. the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
2. the liquid in which anything is soaked.
3. Slang. a heavy drinker.
4. Australian. any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain.

Verb phrases

1. soak up, to absorb or take in or up by absorption: to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in: Slang. to drink to excess:

verb (used with object)

1. to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.
2. to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
3. to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
4. Metallurgy. to heat (a piece) for reworking.
5. Informal. to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking an excess of liquor.
6. Slang. to beat hard; punish severely:
7. to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed by out):
8. Slang. to overcharge:

verb (used without object)

1. to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
2. to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like:
3. to be thoroughly wet.
4. to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in):
5. Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages:

Origin of soak

before 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian; akin to suck

Examples for soak

The rough edges of the lobster will help it soak up the other flavors.

First, soak in this description of Christmas Pie, a traditional British dish that makes a Turducken seem modest.

A smoked tongue should soak in cold water at least all night.

It's Bill that bled me, and bled me until I've had to soak a mortgage on the ranch.

It had a festive air last Sunday as residents flooded into the spotlessly clean park to soak up the first rays of spring.

soak the beans overnight and then parboil them in soda water.

Then soak it in cold water for a quarter of an hour, or more.

Spring is starting to arrive, and we plan to soak up as much sun as our vitamin-D-deficient bodies can handle.

We say goodbye to Romain and head to a sandwich shop nearby to soak up some of the alcohol.

Such inelastic lessons, given time to soak in, were sobering.