Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soak"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soak \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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soak \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soak
n 1: the process of becoming softened and saturated as a
consequence of being immersed in water (or other
liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon" [syn:
{soakage}, {soaking}]
2: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: {soaking}]
v 1: submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {surcharge},
{gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}, {hook}]
[ant: {undercharge}]
3: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: {drench}, {douse}, {dowse}, {sop}, {souse}]
4: give as a guarantee [syn: {pawn}, {hock}]
5: beat severely; slang
6: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: {intoxicate}, {inebriate}]
7: become drunk; drink excessively [syn: {souse}, {inebriate},
{hit it up}]
8: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with
disinfectant" [syn: {saturate}, {imbue}]
9: heat a metal prior to working it
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