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Soak v. t. (past & past part. soaked; pres. part. soaking)

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.

To drench; to wet thoroughly. "Their land shall be soaked with blood."

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

To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; often with through. "The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow."

Fig.: To absorb; to drain. (Obs.)

Soak v. i.

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

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

To drink intemperately or gluttonously. (Slang)

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"Soak" Quotes from Famous Books

... got at pottery in a similar way. The meat was supposed to be tough. "Soak it" came at once, and "Could you get hot water?" Then came suggestions: a stone saucepan, scoop out a stone and put it on the fire, build a stone pan and fix the stones with cherry gum, dig a hole in the ground and put fire under; ...

— The Child Under Eight • E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith

... Buckets of tea and coffee on roasting beds of coals and ashes on the hearth. Pile of "brownie" on the bare black boards at the end of the table. Unspeakable aroma of forty or fifty men who have little inclination and less opportunity to wash their skins, and who soak some of the grease out of their clothes—in buckets of hot water—on Saturday afternoons or Sundays. And clinging to all, and over all, the smell of the dried, stale yolk of wool—the stink ...

— On the Track • Henry Lawson

... "'Inquirer.'—The term soak in Western Australia, as used on maps and plans, signifies a depression holding moisture after rain. It is also given to damp or swampy spots round the base of granite rocks. Wells sunk on soaks yield water for some time after rain. All soaks are of ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... "Fertilisation of Orchids," Edition I., page 304 (note), where the resemblances between the anomalous vessels of Bonatea and Habenaria are described. On November 14th, 1861, he wrote to Sir Joseph: "You are a true friend in need. I can hardly bear to let the Bonatea soak long enough."), that I might soak and look for ducts. If I cannot explain the case of Habenaria all my work is smashed. I was a fool ...

— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin

... a gangrenous wound needed washing, the limb was thrust out a little from the blanket, or board, or rags upon which the patient was lying, and water poured over it, and all the putrescent matter allowed to soak into the ground floor of the tent. The supply of rags for dressing wounds was said to be very scant, and I saw the most filthy rags which had been applied several times, and imperfectly washed, used in dressing wounds. Where hospital ...

— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy

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