soaks
Dictionary
noun
- An immersion in water etc.
"After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath."
- A drunkard.
- A carouse; a drinking session.
- A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
"I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours."
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
"Soak the beans overnight before cooking."
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
"The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet."
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
"A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture."
- To take money from.
- To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- 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."
- To absorb; to drain.
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