• Verb (used without object)

    to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
    to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like
    The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.
    to be thoroughly wet.
    to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (fol. by in )
    The lesson didn't soak in.
    Informal . to drink immoderately, esp. alcoholic beverages
    They were soaking at the bar.

    Verb (used with object)

    to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep.
    to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.
    to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.
    Metallurgy . to heat (a piece) for reworking.
    Informal . to intoxicate (oneself) by drinking an excess of liquor.
    Slang . to beat hard; punish severely
    I was soaked for that mistake.
    to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often fol. by out )
    to soak a stain out of a napkin.
    Slang . to overcharge
    He was soaked by the waiter.

    Noun

    the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.
    the liquid in which anything is soaked.
    Slang . a heavy drinker.
    Australian . any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain. ?

    Verb phrase

    soak up,
    to absorb or take in or up by absorption
    Blotting paper soaks up ink.
    to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in
    to soak up information.
    Slang . to drink to excess
    He can really soak up the booze.

    Antonyms

    verb
    dehydrate , dry

    tác giả


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