soak
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (slang) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- To absorb; to drain.
- (slang) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
Concepten
Synoniemen
put in water
dip in
be soaked
make wet
make one understand
make swell
seep through
tippler
become wet
insuccation
immerse in
cause to melt
be immersed in water
be soggy
wet thoroughly
soften by soaking
impregnation pickling
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/səʊk/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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