Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it:
to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation:
to penetrate or permeate by saturation:
to allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it:
to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation:

Examples

186 sentences

  1. I got soaked to the skin.

    ruЯ промок до нитки. — Hellerick

    deIch wurde bis auf die Haut durchweicht. — Yorwba

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  2. Tom was soaked to the skin.

    ruТом промок до костей. — sharptoothed

    deTom war bis auf die Knochen durchnässt. — Dani6187

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  3. All of us were soaking wet.

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Meaning

11 senses

  1. (intransitive)To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

    I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.

    durchnässen

    намока́тьnamokátʹ, намо́кнутьnamóknutʹ, промока́тьpromokátʹ

  2. (transitive)To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

    Soak the beans overnight before cooking.

    tränken, einweichen

    выма́чиватьvymáčivatʹ, вы́мочитьvýmočitʹ

  3. (transitive)To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)

    A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

    I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.

    впи́тыватьvpítyvatʹ, впита́тьvpitátʹ

More meanings 8

  1. (intransitive)To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

    The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.

    проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja, просочи́тьсяprosočítʹsja

  2. (transitive)To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.

    We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.

  4. (transitive)To heat (a metal) before shaping it.

    heat a metal prior to working it

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To absorb; to drain.

  6. (transitive)(slang, boxing) To hit or strike.

  7. (dated, slang)To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

  8. (Mormonism, slang)To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.

Origin

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause

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.

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Forms

soaks, soaking, soaked, soaked

regular · Lesson

Base formsoak · to soak
3rd person singularsoaks
Present participlesoaking
Past simplesoaked
Past participlesoaked

Tenses

soak · soaked · will soak · have soaked

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysoak
he, she, itsoaks

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave soaked
he, she, ithas soaked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill soak

Past simpleLesson

all personssoaked

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

19 synonyms
To penetrate or permeate by saturation:imbue
(figuratively)To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money:fleece
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words
Relatedsoakagesoakingsoaker
Derivedasoakoversoakpresoakresoaksoakablesoak awaysoakawaysoak insoak upsoakywater-soak

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • soaking wet
  • were soaking wet
  • got soaked

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soA1soapA2soapbox

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