to soak

Examples

• All

• Before forging, it is essential to soak the metal at a specific temperature to improve its workability.

• To enhance the malleability of the metal, you should soak it in heat for the required duration.

• Wood soaked in animal fat was laid along the line where the split was to be and set on fire.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Here's what he did - he took a copper metal plate and then placed above it a piece of card soaked in dilute acid.

  The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

• Leutefisk is cod fish that's been salted and soaked in lye for a week or so.

  Fiction book (1999)

• In other words, palladium (and certain other metals including titanium) soaks up almost unbelievable amounts of hydrogen or deuterium if given the chance.

  Academic text (1994)

• There's so little matter to work with that scientists are loath to subject these precious specks to the horrors of organic analysis procedures, which usually involve soaking them in hydrofluoric acid.

  Academic text (2001)

Antonyms

C

to cool

256 1.0

To make or become less warm

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

How Hot

to melt

362 1.0

to anneal

• Specialized

1 8.9

to soak

• Specialized

3 9.0

to heat

298 1.0

to warm

488 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology