soak : Idioms & Phrases


soak through

  • verb be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
    sop.
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soak up

  • verb take in, also metaphorically
    draw; take up; imbibe; absorb; take in; suck up; suck; sop up.
    • The sponge absorbs water well
    • She drew strength from the minister's words
  • verb devote (oneself) fully to
    plunge; immerse; absorb; engross; engulf; steep.
    • He immersed himself into his studies
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soaking up

  • noun (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
    absorption.
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water-soak

Wa"ter-soak` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water.
Webster 1913