soak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: soak	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for soak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soak n 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" Synonym(s): soak, soakage, soaking washing something by allowing it to soak Synonym(s): soak, soaking v submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonym(s): overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook Antonym(s): undercharge cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" Synonym(s): drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" Synonym(s): pawn, soak, hock beat severely make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) Synonym(s): intoxicate, soak, inebriate become drunk or drink excessively Synonym(s): souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" Synonym(s): soak, imbue heat a metal prior to working it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soak \Soak\, v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. 3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s[?]can, s[?]gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.