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soak

(sōk)
v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks
v.tr.
1.
a. To immerse in liquid for a period of time: Soak the beans in water before cooking.
b. To make thoroughly wet or saturated: I soaked the flowers with the hose. We got soaked by the rain.
2.
a. To absorb (liquid, for example) through pores or interstices: Use the bread to soak up the gravy.
b. To be exposed to: went to the beach to soak up the sun.
c. Informal To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the music scene.
3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.
4. Informal
a. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.
b. To make (a person) drunk.
5. Slang To charge (a person) an inordinate amount for something: people were getting soaked during the gas shortage.
v.intr.
1. To be immersed in liquid: The beans are soaking.
2.
a. To seep into or permeate something: Water soaked into the soil.
b. To be taken in mentally: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.
3. Slang To drink to excess.
n.
1. The act or process of soaking: had a long soak in the bath.
2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.
3. Slang A drunkard.
[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]
soak′er n.
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soak

(səʊk)
vb
1. to make, become, or be thoroughly wet or saturated, esp by immersion in a liquid
2. (when: intr, usually foll by in or into) (of a liquid) to penetrate or permeate
3. (tr; usually foll by in or up) (of a permeable solid) to take in (a liquid) by absorption: the earth soaks up rainwater.
4. (tr; foll by out or out of) to remove by immersion in a liquid: she soaked the stains out of the dress.
5. (Metallurgy) (tr) metallurgy to heat (a metal) prior to working
6. informal to drink excessively or make or become drunk
7. (tr) slang US and Canadian to overcharge
8. (tr) slang Brit to put in pawn
n
9. the act of immersing in a liquid or the period of immersion
10. the liquid in which something may be soaked, esp a solution containing detergent
11. (Physical Geography) another name for soakage 3
12. (Physical Geography) informal Brit a heavy rainfall
13. slang a person who drinks to excess
[Old English sōcian to cook; see suck]
ˈsoaker n
ˈsoaking n, adj
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soak

(soʊk)

v.i.
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: Rain soaked through the roof.
3. to be thoroughly wet.
4. to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (fol. by in).
v.t.
5. to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate.
6. to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
7. to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
8. to extract or remove by or as if by soaking (often fol. by out): to soak a stain out of a napkin.
9. Slang. to overcharge.
n.
10. the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
11. the liquid in which anything is soaked.
12. Slang. a heavy drinker.
[before 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian]
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soak


Past participle: soaked
Gerund: soaking

Imperative
soak
soak
Present
I soak
you soak
he/she/it soaks
we soak
you soak
they soak
Preterite
I soaked
you soaked
he/she/it soaked
we soaked
you soaked
they soaked
Present Continuous
I am soaking
you are soaking
he/she/it is soaking
we are soaking
you are soaking
they are soaking
Present Perfect
I have soaked
you have soaked
he/she/it has soaked
we have soaked
you have soaked
they have soaked
Past Continuous
I was soaking
you were soaking
he/she/it was soaking
we were soaking
you were soaking
they were soaking
Past Perfect
I had soaked
you had soaked
he/she/it had soaked
we had soaked
you had soaked
they had soaked
Future
I will soak
you will soak
he/she/it will soak
we will soak
you will soak
they will soak
Future Perfect
I will have soaked
you will have soaked
he/she/it will have soaked
we will have soaked
you will have soaked
they will have soaked
Future Continuous
I will be soaking
you will be soaking
he/she/it will be soaking
we will be soaking
you will be soaking
they will be soaking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been soaking
you have been soaking
he/she/it has been soaking
we have been soaking
you have been soaking
they have been soaking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been soaking
you will have been soaking
he/she/it will have been soaking
we will have been soaking
you will have been soaking
they will have been soaking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been soaking
you had been soaking
he/she/it had been soaking
we had been soaking
you had been soaking
they had been soaking
Conditional
I would soak
you would soak
he/she/it would soak
we would soak
you would soak
they would soak
Past Conditional
I would have soaked
you would have soaked
he/she/it would have soaked
we would have soaked
you would have soaked
they would have soaked
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:soak - the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)]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"
natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
2. soak - washing something by allowing it to soak
lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Verb 1. soak - submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
2. soak - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of 50ドル"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
3. soak - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
brine - soak in brine
bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain
bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
4. soak - leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
5. soak - beat severely
beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"
6. soak - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
fuddle, befuddle - make stupid with alcohol
7. soak - become drunk or drink excessively
booze, drink, fuddle - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
8. soak - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"
steep, infuse - let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"
brew - sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"
impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
9. soak - heat a metal prior to working it
heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
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soak

verb
1. steep, immerse, submerge, infuse, marinate (Cookery), dunk, submerse Soak the beans for two hours.
2. wet, damp, saturate, drench, douse, moisten, suffuse, wet through, waterlog, souse, drouk (Scot.) Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
3. penetrate, pervade, permeate, enter, get in, infiltrate, diffuse, seep, suffuse, make inroads (into) Rain had soaked into the sand.
soak something up absorb, suck up, take in or up, drink in, assimilate Wrap in absorbent paper after frying to soak up excess oil.
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soak

verb
1. To make thoroughly wet:
2. To saturate (something) with a liquid:
Chemistry: infuse.
3. To take in (moisture or liquid).Also used with up:
4. Informal. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally.Also used with up:
5. Informal. To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:
Informal: nip.
Slang: booze, lush, tank up.
Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle .
6. Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:
Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .
phrasal verb
soak in
To come as a realization:
dawn on (or upon), register, sink in.
noun
Slang. A person who is habitually drunk:
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Translations
يُبَلِّليَتَخَلَّليَنْقِعُ يَنْقَع في الماء
namočitsáknoutzmáčet
lægge i blødtrænge igennemgennembløde
liottaaliotustihkuaimeäimeyttää
namočiti
ázikáztatbeszívódikfelszívátáztat
gegnbleytagegnvætaleggja/liggja í bleyti
浸す
잠기다
mirkytipermerktipermirkęspersisunktišlapias
iemērktiesūktiesizsūktiesmērcētsamērcēt
presiaknuť
namočitipopivnatizmočitizmočiti se
blöta
แช่
ıslatmak sırılsıklam etmek sızmakiçine işlemek
ngâm

soak

[səʊk]
A. VT
1. (= immerse) → poner en remojo
soak the beans for two hours → ponga las judías en remojo dos horas
to soak sth in a liquid → remojar algo en un líquido
2. (= make wet) → empapar
water had soaked his jacket → el agua le había empapado la chaqueta
to get soaked (to the skin) → empaparse or quedar empapado, calarse hasta los huesos
you've soaked yourself! → ¡te has empapado entero!, ¡te has puesto perdido de agua!
3. to soak sb (= take money from) → desplumar a algn, clavar a algn
to soak the rich → clavarles a los ricos
to soak sb for a loan → pedir prestado dinero a algn
B. VI → remojarse
to leave sth to soak → dejar algo en or al remojo
C. N
1. (= rain) → diluvio m
to have a good soak in the bath → darse un buen baño
give your shirt a soak overnight → deja la camisa en remojo toda la noche
2. (= drunkard) → borracho/a m/f
soak in VI + ADV → penetrar
soak through
A. VT + ADV to be soaked through [person] → estar calado hasta los huesos, estar empapado
B. VI + PREP → calar, penetrar
soak up VT + ADV → absorber
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soak

[ˈsəʊk]
vt
(= wet thoroughly) → tremper
to be soaked through [person] → être trempé(e) jusqu'aux os
(= leave in water) [+ dishes, pots] → faire tremper, laisser tremper
vi
[dish, pot] → tremper
soak in
vi → pénétrer, être absorbé(e)
soak up
vt sep → absorber
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soak

vt
(= wet) → durchnässen
(= steep) → einweichen (→ in in +dat); to soak oneself in something (fig) → sich in etw (acc) → vertiefen
(inf) the rich etc → schröpfen ; to soak somebody for something → jdn um etw angehen
vi
(= steep) leave it to soak → weichen Sie es ein; (in dye) → lassen Sie die Farbe einziehen ; to soak in a bath → sich einweichen (inf)
(= penetrate) rain has soaked through the ceiling → der Regen ist durch die Decke gesickert ; the coffee was soaking into the carpet → der Kaffee saugte sich in den Teppich
n
(= act of soaking) give the washing a good soak → lassen Sie die Wäsche gut einweichen ; the sheets are in soak → die Laken sind eingeweicht ; the garden needs a soak → der Garten muss gründlich bewässert werden ; I had a long soak in the bath → ich habe lange in der Wanne gelegen
(inf: = drunkard) → Schluckbruder m (inf), → Säufer(in) m(f)
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soak

[səʊk]
1. vt
a. (bread) → inzuppare ; (clothes) → mettere a mollo
to get soaked (to the skin) → bagnarsi or infradiciarsi (fino alle ossa)
to be soaked through → essere (bagnato/a) fradicio/a
b. (fam) to soak the rich → mungere i ricchi
2. vi (clothes) → inzupparsi
to leave to soak (garment) → lasciare in ammollo (dishes) → lasciare a bagno
3. n
a. (in water) to have a long soak in the bath → restare a lungo a mollo nella vasca
b. (fam) (drunkard) → spugna
soak in vi + adv → penetrare
it took a long time to soak in (fig) → ci è voluto tanto prima che mi (or gli ) entrasse in testa
soak up vt + adv (liquid, knowledge) → assorbire
to soak up the sunshine (fam) → crogiolarsi al sole
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soak

(səuk) verb
1. to (let) stand in a liquid. She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water. week يَنْقَع في الماء (на)кисна pôr de molho namočit einweichen lægge i blød μουλιάζω remojar leotama, ligunema خيساندن liottaa faire tremper לְהַשרוֹת तर-बतर कर देना smočiti, namočiti (be)áztat; ázik merendam leggja/liggja í bleyti ammollare, mettere a mollo 浸す 담그다 mirkyti, įmerkti iemērkt; mērcēt merendam weken legge i bløt namaczać, moknąć خيشتول، لندول (لكه وريجې په اوبو كې): زبېښل، راښكل، جذبول. pôr de molho a înmuia замачивать namočiť namočiti natopiti blöta, lägga i blöt แช่ ıslatmak 浸泡 замочувати; занурювати в рідину پانی میں تر بتر ہونے دینا ngâm nhúng 浸泡
2. to make very wet. That shower has completely soaked my clothes. deurweek يُبَلِّل напоявам encharcar zmáčet durchtränken gennembløde μουσκεύω empaparse läbimärjaks kastma كاملا تر كردن kastella läpimäräksi tremper לְהַרטִיב में भिगोना promočiti átáztat membasahkan gegnbleyta inzuppare ずぶぬれにする 흠뻑 적시다 permerkti samērcēt membasahkan doorweken gjennombløyte, gjøre gjennomvåt moczyć ترک کول encharcar a uda промачивать namočiť, premočiť premočiti natopiti blöta ner, göra genomvåt (genomblöt) ทําให้เปียก ıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek 濕透 змочувати گیلا کرنا làm ướt sũng 湿透
3. (with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate. The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage. deurweek, deurdrenk يَتَخَلَّل просмуквам (се) ensopar (pro)sáknout sickern trænge igennem ποτίζω, διαπερνώ penetrar imbuma نشت كردن imeytyä läpi pénétrer לְחַלחֵל भीग जाना probiti, prodrijeti átitat; átáztat; átvérzik meresap gegnvæta filtrare しみ出す (액체 등이) 스며나오다 persisunkti izsūkties []; iesūkties meresap doordrenken sive/trenge gjennom moczyć, przesiąkać نشست کول ensopar a trece просачиваться presiaknuť pronicati probiti tränga in/blöta (blöda) igenom ซึม içine işlemek, sızmak 滲透 вбирати; всмоктувати جذب ہو جانا ngấm qua 渗透
soaked adjective
(often with through). She got soaked (through) in that shower. deurweek يَخْتَرِق الماءُ الثِّياب мокър encharcado promočený durchnäßt gennemblødt τελείως βρεγμένος empapado läbimärg خيس likomärkä trempé מוּשרֶה भीगा हुआ, तर बतर mokar, smočen átázott basah rennblautur inzuppato, bagnato ずぶぬれの 젖은 permirkęs izmirkt [] basah kuyup doorweekt gjennomvåt, klissvåt przemoczony خيشتول encharcado înmuiat промоченный premočený premočen natopljen genomblöt เปียกโชกไปทั้งตัว ıslanmış, sucuk gibi olmuş 濕透的 змокрілий بھیگ جانا hoàn toàn bị ướt đẫm 湿透的
-soaked
rain-soaked / blood-soaked clothing deurweekte مُبَلَّل напоен с encharcado de prosáklý durchnäßt -gennemblødt μουσκεμένος με empapado de... läbiligunenud -خيس märkä trempé רָטוּב מְאוֹד से भरा हुआ, में डूबा हुआ natopljen (čime) -áztatta basah oleh gegnblautur bagnato/inzuppato di -でぬれた -에 젖은 permirkęs izmircis; piesūcies bermandikan doordrenkt met -bløt, –våt, gjennomfuktet mokry od ... خیس encharcado de ud (de) промоченный presiaknutý premočen od... natopljen [regn]våt, -blöt, [blod]besudlad ซึ่งเปียก ... içinde, ...-den sırılsıklam olmuş 濕(滲)透的 намочений в чомусь کسی چیز میں تر بتر ngấm đầy cái gì 湿(渗)透的
ˈsoaking adjective
very wet. She took off her soaking garments. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل измокрен encharcado promočený durchnäßt drivende våd μουσκεμένος, υγρός empapado tilkuv, läbimärg likomärkä trempé רטוב बहुत भीगा हुआ promočen, jako mokar csuromvizes(en) basah gegnblautur zuppo ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 permirkęs piemircis; slapjš; pilošs basah kuyup kletsnat gjennombløt, drivende våt ociekający ډير لانده encharcado muiat промокший premočený premočen mokar genomvåt, -blöt ซึ่งเปียกชุ่ม sırılsıklam 濕透的 дуже мокрий بہت گیلا ướt đẫm 湿透的
soaking wet
soaking; very wet. I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل вир вода encharcado mokrý tropfnaß drivende våd μούσκεμα empapado tilkuv, läbimärg خيسٍ خيس likomärkä trempé רָטוּב לְגַמרֵי बहुत गीला jako mokar bőrig ázott; csuromvizes basah kuyup gegnblautur zuppo, bagnato fradicio ずぶぬれの 매우 축축한 permirkęs, šlapias galīgi slapjš basah kuyup kletsnat gjennomvåt, drivende våt ociekający خیس خیس todo molhado muiat мокрый mokrý zelo moker skroz mokar genomvåt, -blöt ที่เปียกชุ่ม çok ıslak 濕淋淋的,濕透的 мокрий, як хлющ مکمل طور پر گیلا ướt đẫm 湿淋淋的,全身湿透的
soak up
to draw in or suck up; to absorb. You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth. opsuig, spons يَمتَص всмуквам absorver vysát aufwischen suge op; tørre op απορροφώ, μαζεύω absorber imema, imama تو كشيدن؛ جذب كردن imeyttää absorber לִספּוֹג सोख लेना upiti, usisati felitat menyerap drekka í sig asciugare 吸い取る 흡수하다 sugerti iesūkt; uzsūkt; nosusināt mengelap opslorpen trekke/suge opp wchłaniać, ścierać جذبول absorver a absorbi промокать vysať vpijati pokupiti suga upp ซับ emmek 吸收(水等) промокати جذب کر لینا، چوس لینا thấm, ngấm 吸收(水等)
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soak

→ يَنْقِعُ namočit lægge i blød einweichen μουλιάζω poner en remojo liottaa tremper namočiti inzuppare 浸す 잠기다 weken gjennombløte zmoczyć ensopar замачивать(ся) blöta แช่ ıslatmak ngâm 浸透
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

soak

v. remojar, empapar;
to ___ in, to ___ up → absorber, chupar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

soak

n remojar, sumergir en agua (por un período prolongado)
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