## Meanings
1. To leave something in liquid for a while so it becomes completely wet.
2. To stay in water, especially in a bath, to relax or get clean.
3. To take in or absorb liquid, often used with up.
4. An act of staying in water to relax or clean something.

## Examples
- Soak the beans in water overnight before cooking.
- I love to soak in a hot bath after work.
- The sponge soaked up the spilled water.
- After the long hike, a good soak in the tub felt wonderful.

## Derived Forms
- asoak
- oversoak
- presoak
- resoak
- soakable
- soakage
- soakaway
- soaker
- soaky
- water-soak

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: soken
- Root: socian
- Root: *sukōną
- Root: *sūkaną

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Soak is 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. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English soken, Old English socian, Proto-Germanic *sukōną, Proto-Germanic *sūkaną. In current use it includes senses such as To leave something in liquid for a while so it becomes completely wet and To stay in water, especially in a bath, to relax or get clean.

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