soak

soak
Synonyms and related words:
absorb, alcoholic, assimilate, bang, bash, bat, bathe, belt, bender, bib, bibber, biff, bleed, bleed white, bonk, booze, boozehound, boozer, bottle sucker, brannigan, brew, brewing, bum, bust, busy, choke, clap, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, concentrate, congest, crack, cram, crowd, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, decoct, deluge, dip, dipsomaniac, distill, douche, douse, dowse, drain the cup, dram, draw, drench, drenching, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink off, drink up, drinker, drouk, drown, drunk, drunkard, ducking, dunking, elbow bender, engross, essentialize, exploit, express, fetch, fetch a blow, fleece, flush, follow strong drink, gargle, ginhound, glut, gluttonize, gorge, gouge, grog, guzzle, guzzler, hit, hit a clip, hold up, hooch hound, imbibe, imbrue, imbruement, imbue, imbuement, immerse, impregnate, impregnation, inebriate, infiltrate, infiltration, infuse, infusion, inject, injection, inundate, jab, jag, jam, jam-pack, knock, knock back, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lap, lap up, lave, leach, leaching, learn, let have it, liquor up, lixiviate, lixiviation, lush, lusher, macerate, maceration, melt down, nip, occupy, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overprice, overstuff, overtax, overweight, pack, paste, penetrate, percolate, percolation, permeate, permeation, pervade, plunk, poke, press out, profiteer, pulping, punch, quaff, refine, render, rinse, rum hound, rummy, satiate, saturate, saturation, screw, seethe, seething, sip, skin, slam, slog, slug, smack, smite, snap, soak up, soakage, soaker, soaking, sock, sodden, sop, sopping, sot, souse, sousing, sponge, sponge up, steep, steeping, stew, stick, sting, strike, strike at, stuff, submerge, sup, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, swat, swig, swill, swillbelly, swillbowl, swillpot, swindle, swipe, take in, tank up, tear, thump, thwack, tipple, tippler, tope, toper, toss down, toss off, victimize, wallop, wash, waterlog, wet, whack, wham, whop, wino, wring, wring out, yerk

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  • soak — vb Soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate, sop, waterlog can mean to permeate or be permeated with or as if with water. Soak suggests immersion in a liquid so that the substance absorbs the moisture and usually becomes thoroughly wetted,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • soak — [sōk] vt. [ME soken < OE socian < base of sucan: see SUCK] 1. to make thoroughly wet; drench or saturate [soaked to the skin by the rain] 2. to submerge or keep in a liquid, as for thorough wetting, softening, for hydrotherapy, etc. 3. a)… …   English World dictionary

  • Soak — Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soak — soak·age; soak·er; soak·ing·ly; pre·soak; soak; …   English syllables

  • soak — ► VERB 1) make or become thoroughly wet by immersion in liquid. 2) (of a liquid) penetrate or permeate completely. 3) (soak up) absorb (a liquid). 4) (soak up) expose oneself to (something beneficial or enjoyable). 5) (soak oneself in) i …   English terms dictionary

  • Soak — Soak, v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soak — index imbue, immerse (plunge into), overload, permeate, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • soak — sōk n an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usu. long or repeatedly esp. to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation …   Medical dictionary

  • soak — (v.) O.E. socian (related to sucan to suck ), from P.Gmc. *sukon (Cf. W.Flem. soken), from PIE root *seue to take liquid (see SUP (Cf. sup) (2)). Slang meaning to overcharge first recorded 1895. Related: Soaked; soaking …   Etymology dictionary

  • soak — [v] drench, wet absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe,… …   New thesaurus

  • soak — soak1 S3 [səuk US souk] v [: Old English; Origin: socian] 1.) [I and T] if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean ▪ Soak the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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