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soak
Found in thesaurus: natural action, natural process, wash, plunge, cheat, chisel, consign, work over, beat up, fuddle, drink, saturate
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soak
v.
immerse, dip; drench, saturate; moisten; absorb; permeate, penetrate; overcharge, extort, charge exorbitantly (Slang)
n.
act of soaking, act of saturating with water; state of being permeated with water; liquid in which something is soaked; heavy drinker, drunkard (Slang)
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SOAK
Bridie Monds-Watson, better known as SOAK, is an Irish singer-songwriter born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1996. SOAK's music has been described as 'a vivid portrait of teenage deep-thinking' by The Guardian. She released her debut studio album Before We Forgot How to Dream in May 2015.
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Soak
Soak may refer to:
- Steeping
- Bathing
- Soakage, a source of water in Australian deserts
- Soak dike, ditch or drain
- Soak testing, a method of system testing in computing and electronics
- SOAK, Irish singer-songwriter
- Soak (album), 2013 album by Foetus
- SOAK (Burning Man Regional Event), a Burning Man Regional Event in Portland, Oregon, USA
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soak
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) soakage, soaking
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(derivation) imbue
2. washing something by allowing it to soak
(synonym) soaking
(hypernym) wash, washing, lavation
Verb
1. submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
(hypernym) immerse, plunge
(derivation) soakage, soaking
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
(synonym) overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
(hypernym) cheat, rip off, chisel
(hyponym) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
(entail) charge, bill
3. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
(synonym) drench, douse, dowse, sop, souse
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) brine
(derivation) downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
4. leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
(synonym) pawn, hock
(hypernym) consign, charge
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
5. beat severely; slang
(hypernym) beat, beat up, work over
6. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
(synonym) intoxicate, inebriate
(hypernym) affect
(hyponym) befuddle, fuddle
7. become drunk or drink excessively
(synonym) souse, inebriate, hit it up
(hypernym) drink, booze, fuddle
(derivation) alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse
8. fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with disinfectant"
(synonym) imbue
(hypernym) impregnate, saturate
(hyponym) steep, infuse
(derivation) soakage, soaking
9. heat a metal prior to working it
(hypernym) heat, heat up
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soak
n.
namočit (se); nasáknout; odmočit; prosáknout
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soak
Czas.
moczyć (się); przesiąkać; wchłaniać; kąpać się w słońcu
