English Dictionary

soak

/səʊk/

verb

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. / (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

I like to soak in a hot bath after a long day.

意味（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.

意味（2）

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

Soak the beans overnight before cooking.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

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

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

(figuratively, transitive) To take money from.

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.

意味（6）

(slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

意味（7）

(metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.

意味（8）

(ceramics, 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.

意味（9）

(figuratively, transitive) To absorb; to drain.

That they will want a certaine sucking and soaking

意味（10）

(slang) to engage in sexual activity with penetration but without hip thrusting (usually said of Mormons).