noun
Meaning 1
An immersion in water etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
soak
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: sōk
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UK: /səʊk/
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General-American: sōk
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General-American: /soʊk/
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rhymes with -əʊk
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homophone: soke
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noun
Meaning 2
A drunkard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcoholic, souse, suck-pint, alco, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, inebriate, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, sponge, squeeze-grape, sucker, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tosspot, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A carouse; a drinking session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imbue
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
- I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fleece
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To absorb; to drain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Mormonism, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
washing something by allowing it to soak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soaking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wash, washing, lavation
noun
Meaning 17
the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a good soak put life back in the wagon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soakage, soaking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
verb
Meaning 18
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- souse water on his hot face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, sop, souse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wet
Narrower terms: brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, sluice, flush
verb
Meaning 19
heat a metal prior to working it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heat, heat up
verb
Meaning 20
fill, soak, or imbue totally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imbue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impregnate, saturate
Narrower terms: steep, infuse, brew
verb
Meaning 21
become drunk or drink excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: souse, inebriate, hit it up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink, booze, fuddle
verb
Meaning 22
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intoxicate, inebriate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affect
Narrower terms: befuddle, fuddle
verb
Meaning 23
beat severely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beat, beat up, work over
verb
Meaning 24
submerge in a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I soaked in the hot tub for an hour
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immerse, plunge
verb
Meaning 25
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
Narrower terms: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
verb
Meaning 26
leave as a guarantee in return for money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pawn your grandfather's gold watch
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pawn, hock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consign, charge
History
Etymology
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: намокряне (namokrjane) — immersion in a liquid
- Bulgarian: накисване (nakisvane) — immersion in a liquid
- Finnish: liotus — immersion in a liquid
- Finnish: liko — immersion in a liquid
- Galician: remollo — immersion in a liquid
- Galician: inmersión — immersion in a liquid
- German: Einweichen — immersion in a liquid
- Italian: immersione — immersion in a liquid
- Venetan: smoja — immersion in a liquid
- Albanian: lag — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Albanian: qull — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Albanian: njom — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Arabic: اِبْتَلَّ (ibtalla) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Assamese: টোকা (tüka) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Bulgarian: накисвам се (nakisvam se) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Catalan: amarar — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Cebuano: humol — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Chinese Mandarin: 濕透 /湿透 (shītòu) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Dutch: doorweken — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Finnish: liota — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- French: tremper — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- German: durchnässen — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Higaonon: hinomol — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Hindi: सोखना (sokhnā) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Hungarian: ázik — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Ingrian: liota — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Italian: inzupparsi — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Italian: imbeversi — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Japanese: 濡れる (nureru) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Japanese: 浸る 染みる (hitaru) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Korean: 잠기다 (jamgida) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Latvian: mirkt — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Lithuanian: mirkti — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Lithuanian: įmirkti — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Lushootseed: baʔsil — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Khiamniungan Naga: tēm — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Occitan: amarar — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Polish: przesiąknąć — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Polish: przemaczać się — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Polish: przemoczyć się — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Portuguese: molhar-se — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Portuguese: ensopar-se — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Portuguese: encharcar-se — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Quechua: chulluy — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Russian: намока́ть (namokátʹ) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Russian: намо́кнуть (namóknutʹ) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Russian: промока́ть (promokátʹ) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Russian: промо́кнуть (promóknutʹ) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Russian: отмока́ть (otmokátʹ) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Slovak: napustiť — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Slovak: nasiaknuť — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Spanish: empaparse — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Tamil: தோய் (tōy) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Tamil: ஊறு (ūṟu) — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Venetan: smojar — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Vietnamese: ngâm — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Yoruba: rin — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Yoruba: rin gbingbin — to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it
- Aromanian: molj — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Bulgarian: кисна (kisna) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Cantonese: 浸 (zam3) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Cantonese: 浸泡 (zam3 paau3) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Cantonese: 浸透 (jam3 tau3) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Mandarin: 浸泡 (jìnpào) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Mandarin: 浸透 (jìntòu) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Chinese Mandarin: 泡 (pào) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Dutch: weken — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Esperanto: trempi — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Finnish: liottaa — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- French: faire tremper — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- French: immerger — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Galician: botar de mollo — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Galician: amolecer — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Galician: enchoupar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- German: tränken — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- German: einweichen — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Ancient Greek: διαβρέχω (diabrékhō) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Ancient Greek: ἀποβρέχω (apobrékhō) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Hebrew: הִשְׁרָה (hishrá) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Hindi: भिगोना (bhigonā) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Hindi: भिगाना (bhigānā) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Hungarian: áztat — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Ido: arozegar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Ingrian: liottaa — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Italian: mettere a bagno — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Italian: mettere a mollo — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Italian: imbevere — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Japanese: 濡らす (nurasu) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Japanese: 浸す (hitasu) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Korean: 잠그다 (jamgeuda) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Latin: imbuō — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Lithuanian: mirkyti — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Lithuanian: išmirkyti — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Polish: przemaczać — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Polish: przemoczyć — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: molhar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: ensopar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: encharcar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: deixar de molho — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: demolhar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Portuguese: pôr de molho — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Quechua: chulluchiy — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Romanian: muia — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Russian: выма́чивать (vymáčivatʹ) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Russian: вы́мочить (výmočitʹ) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Slovak: namočiť — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Slovak: vymáčať — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Spanish: empapar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Spanish: enriar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Swedish: blötlägga — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Tamil: ஊறவை (ūṟavai) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Tày: bốt — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Urdu: بھگونا (bhigonā) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Urdu: بھگانا (bhiganā) — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Venetan: smojar — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Vietnamese: ngâm — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Yoruba: rẹ — to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation
- Bulgarian: пропивам (propivam) — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Catalan: penetrar — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Dutch: doordringen — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Finnish: tihkua — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Hungarian: beszívódik — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Italian: inzuppare — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Russian: проса́чиваться (prosáčivatʹsja) — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Russian: просочи́ться (prosočítʹsja) — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Slovak: presiaknuť — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Tamil: கசி (kaci) — to penetrate or permeate by saturation
- Bulgarian: попивам (popivam) — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Dutch: opnemen — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Finnish: imeä — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Finnish: imeyttää — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- French: éponger — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Hungarian: felszív — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Italian: assorbire — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Latvian: mērcēt — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Latvian: mērcēties — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Russian: впи́тывать (vpítyvatʹ) — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Russian: впита́ть (vpitátʹ) — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Slovak: vpiť — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Slovak: vsiaknuť — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Spanish: esponjar — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Spanish: embeber — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Tamil: உறி (uṟi) — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed
- Tamil: உறிஞ்சு (uṟiñcu) — to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed