Thesaurus: soak

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1. v. t. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
2. v. t. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
3. v. t. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4. v. t. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
5. v. t. Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
6. v. i. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
7. v. i. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
8. v. i. To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
9. n. the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
10. n. washing something by allowing it to soak
11. v. submerge in a liquid
12. v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price