to soak

Examples

• All

• I am completely soaked; the wine has gone up into my brain.

  Academic text (1994)

• She always feels better if she soaks up the booze with some greasy food.

• This entire nation is soaked in gin.

  Wesley (2009)

• "I asked you if you thought those two rum-soaked pieces of river trash were your friends."

  Fiction book (1990)

• Jack, I'll admit it, I was one of the boys that soaked 'em.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Has never gotten over anything in her privileged, booze-soaked life!

  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

• I've had it with wobbly-legged, rum-soaked pirates!

  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

• After several drinks, he decided to soak up some of the alcohol with a big meal.

• To avoid feeling sick, it's best to soak up the alcohol by eating a hearty snack.

Synonyms

I

to intoxicate

vsto soak

• NSFW

9 7.0

To make someone drunk with alcohol or drugs

is limited to alcohol and used informally

I

to inebriate

vsto soak

• Formal

7 8.4

To make someone drunk or to get drunk from alcohol

is used in informal everyday speech rather than formal contexts

S

to souse

vsto soak

• Archaic

3 9.9

To drink alcohol until you become drunk

is the informal modern term used in everyday speech

A

to alcoholize

vsto soak

8.9

To give someone alcohol so they become drunk

is the informal everyday expression for making someone drunk

Idioms

S

to soak your head

• Offensive

9.9

A rude phrase that tells someone to stop complaining and leave for a while

Phrasal Verbs

S

to soak up

• Informal

16 3.9

To take in and enjoy the atmosphere or information

S

to soak up

13 2.6

To take in liquid completely like a sponge or cloth

S

to soak through

6 3.1

To become completely wet all the way through

S

to soak overnight

1 2.8

Put something in water and leave it all night to make it soft

S

to soak up the sun

• Informal

1 3.5

To sit or lie outside to enjoy the warm sun

S

to soak in the tub

1 2.3

To relax for a while in warm water in a bathtub

S

to soak up knowledge

• Informal

1 4.0

To take in new information quickly and easily

Surface Forms

Etymology