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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Soak

/sōk/ · IPA /soʊk/
01 v. t. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as…
imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking
  1. 1.
    To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
  2. 2.
    To drench; to wet thoroughly.
    “Their land shall be soaked with blood.” — Isa. xxiv. 7.
  3. 3.
    To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
  4. 4.
    To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
    “The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.” — Sir W. Scott.
  5. 5.
    Fig.: To absorb; to drain.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
  1. 1.
    To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
  2. 2.
    To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
  3. 3.
    To drink intemperately or gluttonously.[Slang]