to soak
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1.0
- verb
- /soʊk/
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- You need to soak the beans overnight before cooking them.
- soak up water
- soaked in blood
That's like breadiness in it soaks up bits of extra egg and so on.
- That's like breadiness in it soaks up bits of extra egg and so on.
- And that's what sponges do is soak product up.
- You're all soaking, whether it's crossing rivers or just sweating.
- It soaks into your makeup, glides over it.
- It says sip, snack, stretch or soak, snuggle, song or show sleep.
- Will properly soak anything near to remain health conscious.
- Would you would you say that jewelry is porous and connect and soak up cloth?
Examples
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No, we're going to make sure it's like, fully soaked into the skin.
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Manitas awoke to find the pillows soaked through with his own perspiration and tears.
Fiction book (1990) -
And that should be enough to soak all of the soil all the way down.
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Feel the heat soaking into you.
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Got these fully soaked and ready for planting.
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San De puts the tea leaves into the pot, then soaks them with boiling water.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the rainy season, the garbage is soaked by tropical rain and then baked under the equatorial sun.
Academic text (2002) -
Riker unrolled the cloth, soaked it in the water, and began washing the rest of his body.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mumbling to himself, soaking wet and filthy with tire grime, Marvin walks to his house.
Fiction book (1991) -
Clara and Louise are sitting beside her with damp towels nervously soaking up the perspiration.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
55
5.2
Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more
34
3.0
Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid
31
1.0
Cover completely with liquid, for example food in sauce
26
1.0
To make something wet by covering it with liquid
19
4.1
Soak herbs or tea leaves in hot water to give their flavor
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4.4
To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet
9
4.2
Put something completely into a liquid to cover it
8
3.5
To soak something in liquid to get flavor or clean it
3
7.4
To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical
1
8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
1
8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
1
7.3
To put something under the surface of water
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
To fill something with water so it cannot take any more
To make something very wet by putting liquid on it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A rude phrase that tells someone to stop complaining and leave for a while
Phrasal Verbs
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soak comes from an old English word meaning 'to make wet', like when you drop clothes into water until they are full of it; think of dipping a sponge into water and letting it fill up, which is why soak means to make something very wet.