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- [sohk]
- /soʊk/
- /səʊk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sohk]
- /soʊk/
Definitions of soak word
- verb without object soak to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid. 1
- verb without object soak to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like: The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella. 1
- verb without object soak to be thoroughly wet. 1
- verb without object soak to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in): The lesson didn't soak in. 1
- verb without object soak Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages: They were soaking at the bar. 1
- verb with object soak to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep. 1
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Origin of soak
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian; akin to suck
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Soak
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
soak popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
soak usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for soak
verb soak
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
- bailed — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
noun soak
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- barfly — A barfly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in bars
- bath — A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
- bibber — a drinker; tippler (esp in the expression wine-bibber)
- carouser — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
Antonyms for soak
verb soak
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cottonmouth — water moccasin
- dehumidify — to remove water from (something, esp the air)
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