Dictionary Entry
soak
soak is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To drench; to wet thoroughly.
- 3transitive verb
To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
- 4transitive verb
To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
- 5transitive verb
Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
- 6intransitive verb
To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
- 7intransitive verb
To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
- 8intransitive verb
To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- 9noun
washing something by allowing it to soak
Synonyms
- 10noun
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"
- 11verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
- 12verb
heat a metal prior to working it
- 13verb
fill, soak, or imbue totally
"soak the bandage with disinfectant"
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- 14verb
become drunk or drink excessively
- 15verb
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
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- 16verb
beat severely
- 17verb
submerge in a liquid
"I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
- 18verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- 19verb
leave as a guarantee in return for money
"pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
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