soak | ||
1. | [ verb ] submerge in a liquid | |
Examples: | "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" |
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Related terms: | immerse | |
2. | [ verb ] cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | |
Synonyms: | souse douse sop dowse drench | |
Examples: | "souse water on his hot face" |
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Related terms: | wet sluice bate ret brine bedraggle drenching | |
3. | [ verb ] rip off; ask an unreasonable price | |
Synonyms: | rob hook fleece plume surcharge pluck gazump overcharge | |
Related terms: | undercharge cheat extort charge | |
4. | [ verb ] heat a metal prior to working it | |
Related terms: | heat | |
5. | [ verb ] fill, soak, or imbue totally | |
Synonyms: | imbue saturate | |
Examples: | "saturate the bandage with disinfectant" |
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Related terms: | fill impregnate infuse steep | |
6. | [ noun ] the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) | |
Synonyms: | soaking soakage | |
Examples: | "a good soak put life back in the wagon" |
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Related terms: | natural_process | |
7. | [ verb ] beat severely; slang | |
Related terms: | beat | |
8. | [ verb ] make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | |
Synonyms: | inebriate intoxicate | |
Related terms: | affect befuddle drunkard alcohol drunkenness alcoholism | |
9. | [ verb ] become drunk; drink excessively | |
Synonyms: | hit_it_up inebriate souse | |
Related terms: | drink alcoholism alcoholic | |
10. | [ verb ] leave as a guarantee in return for money | |
Synonyms: | hock pawn | |
Examples: | "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" |
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Related terms: | consign commerce pawn | |
11. | [ noun ] (work) washing something by allowing it to soak | |
Synonyms: | soaking | |
Related terms: | wash washing | |
Similar spelling: |
Sok Soza souk Sosa Sook soja sock Souza Sousa Sojka Socia Socha Sox SOS sockeye |