1 ~ (sth) (in sth) to put sth in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way:
[VN] I usually soak the beans overnight. * If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out. * [V] Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes. * I'm going to go and soak in the bath.
2 [VN] to make sb/sth completely wet:
A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators.
3 [VN] (informal) to obtain a lot of money from sb by making them pay very high taxes or prices:
He was accused of soaking his clients.
PHRASALVERBS
soak into / through sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for soak is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is soak a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, soak is tagged as verb.
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