soak
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
Example
“I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.”
Other meanings
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
“Soak the beans overnight before cooking.”
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
“The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.”
Related words
- asoak
- oversoak
- presoak
- resoak
- soakable
- soakage
- soaker
- soaky
- go soak your head
- soak in
- soak the runner
- soak up
Word history
From Old English "socian" (to soak, steep).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “soak” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.