soak

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   fill, soak, or imbue totally

   soak the bandage with disinfectant

3. 3
   verb

   submerge in a liquid

   I soaked in the hot tub for an hour

4. 4
   verb

   To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

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

5. 5
   verb

   To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

   Soak the beans overnight before cooking.

6. 6
   verb

   To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

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

7. 7
   verb

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

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

8. 8
   verb

   To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.

   It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.

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.