soak

CEFRB1

/səʊk/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make something completely wet or keep it in liquid.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

Examples

  • Japanese love to soak in a hot tub before bed.

  • You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /soʊk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

  2. To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

  3. To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)

More examples

In context

  • I usually soak the beans overnight.

  • I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.

  • The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.

Synonyms

Quick test

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To remove the dried food, she let the pots blank in soapy water for an hour.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.