"soak" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.]
1. 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. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

         Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
                                               7.

3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
   sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
   often with through.

         The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
         wreaths of snow.                      --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

\Soak\, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
   sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
   water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]