soak

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
2. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
3. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
4. (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
5. (figuratively, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
6. (dated, slang) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
7. (transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
8. (transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
9. (figuratively, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
10. (Mormonism, slang) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.

Noun

1. An immersion in water etc.
2. (British, slang) A drunkard.
3. (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
4. (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.

Concepts

tremper

mouiller

imbiber

imprégner

détremper

dessaler

baigner

faire tremper

immerger

remplir

toison

voler

déssaler

faire macérer

intoxiquer

mettre en gage

s’imbiber

s’infiltrer

tremper dans

mettre en saumure

boire comme une éponge

compléter

éponger

🧽

hameçon

humecter

imprégner de

macérer

plonger

Synonymes

dip

drench

saturate

steep

wet

immerse

moisten

put in water

imbue

souse

macerate

soaking

douse

impregnate

sop

water

🚰

dowse

dunk

drip

sink

infuse

inebriate

sprinkle

soften

ret

rob

soakage

pawn

overcharge

dip in

hit it up

dampen

fleece

surcharge

dye

plunge

waterhole

imbrue

hock

drown

hook

🪝

well

drink

🥤

stain

soak up

dipping

percolate

froth

pluck

irrigate

Traductions

remojar

einweichen

empapar

inzuppare

bagnare

🛀

eintauchen

mojar

wässern

🚰

remullar

durchnässen

tränken

🚰

xopar

weken

infradiciare

durchtränken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/səʊk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: soken

Hérité de ancien anglais: socian

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: soken

In summary

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.