soak

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

tremper

einweichen

remojar

empapar

inzuppare

mojar

bagnare

🛀

eintauchen

mouiller

wässern

🚰

durchnässen

remullar

tränken

🚰

imbiber

xopar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: soken

Inherited from Old English: socian

Cognate with Middle Dutch: 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.