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The synonyms of “Soak” are: inebriate, intoxicate, hock, pawn, hit it up, souse, douse, dowse, drench, sop, imbue, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, surcharge, immerse, steep, submerge, submerse, dip, sink, dunk, bathe, wet, rinse, marinate, pickle, ret, wet through, saturate, waterlog, deluge, inundate, drown, swamp, permeate, penetrate, percolate, soak into, seep into, seep through, spread through, infuse, impregnate, pervade, soaking, soakage, drinker, problem drinker, alcoholic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “soak” as a noun can have the following definitions:
alcoholic | A person suffering from alcoholism. |
drinker | A person who drinks alcohol, especially to excess. A heavy drinker. |
problem drinker | A question raised for consideration or solution. |
soakage | The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid. |
soaking | Washing something by allowing it to soak. In spring give the soil a good soaking. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “soak” as a verb can have the following definitions:
bathe | Swim or spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or pool for pleasure. I was bathed in a cold sweat. |
deluge | Charge someone with too many tasks. He has been deluged with offers of work. |
dip | Dip into a liquid. She dipped her knee. |
douse | Slacken. Douse a rope. |
dowse | Slacken. He dowsed a spiral of energy on the stone. |
drench | Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. Three times a year drenching for calves. |
drown | Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. The noise drowned out her speech. |
dunk | Make a dunk shot in basketball. I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea. |
fleece | Cover as if with a fleece. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds. |
gazump | Swindle (someone. Gazumping has returned as there is a shortage of good properties. |
hit it up | Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically. |
hock | Disable by cutting the hock. |
hook | Fasten with a hook. Inside the pack you ll find a small metal clip that hooks over the edge of your sun visor. |
imbue | Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity. |
immerse | Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work. |
impregnate | Fertilize and cause to grow. The egg was impregnated. |
inebriate | Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate. Those who feel inclined are free to inebriate themselves. |
infuse | Fill; pervade. Allow the mixture to infuse for 15 minutes. |
intoxicate | Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. We don t allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. |
inundate | Flood. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise. |
marinate | (of food) undergo marination. The beef was marinated in red wine vinegar. |
overcharge | Place too much a load on. Send your bill to the Law Society if you think you ve been overcharged. |
percolate | Prepare in a percolator. Light percolated into our house in the morning. |
permeate | Spread or diffuse through. An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration. |
pervade | (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air. |
pickle | Preserve in a pickling liquid. The steel sheet is first pickled in acid to remove all oxides. |
pluck | Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. He plucked the strings of his mandolin. |
plume | Form a plume. A plumed helmet. |
ret | Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue. The flax has been retted and used as linen to produce the fabric. |
rinse | Rinse one s mouth and throat with mouthwash. Karen rinsed her mouth out. |
rob | Deprive (an opposing player) of the ball. Someone had robbed my jacket. |
saturate | Fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed. The soil is saturated. |
seep into | Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
seep through | Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. |
sink | Fall or sink heavily. The doctor concluded that the lad was sinking fast. |
soak into | Become drunk or drink excessively. |
sop | Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid. He used some bread to sop up the sauce. |
spread through | Cause to become widely known. |
steep | Devote (oneself) fully to. Steep the blossoms in oil. |
submerge | Descend below the surface of an area of water. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged. |
submerse | Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar. |
surcharge | Mark a postage stamp with a surcharge. The air was surcharged with tension. |
swamp | (of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and sink. A huge wave swamped the canoes. |
waterlog | Saturate with water make something waterlogged. The open roof allowed rain to waterlog the field. |
wet | Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. She was going to wet herself from fear. |
wet through | Cause to become wet. |
absorb | Cause to become one with. Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely. |
absorbent | A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance. As absorbent as a sponge. |
aqueous | Produced by the action of water. An eerie aqueous light. |
awash | Containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something. The main deck was afloat or awash. |
damp | Damp air or atmosphere. The sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere. |
dampen | Make moist. Slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums. |
dampness | The state or condition of being slightly wet. The dampness in the air. |
dank | Unpleasantly cool and humid. Huge dank caverns. |
douse | Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. Douse a sail. |
drench | Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. A drench of sack. |
humid | Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. Humid weather. |
immersion | Baptism by immersing a person bodily (but not necessarily completely) in water. An immersion school. |
impregnate | Fertilize and cause to grow. He impregnated his wife again. |
jungle | A situation or place of bewildering complexity or brutal competitiveness. We set off into the jungle. |
macerate | Cause to waste away by fasting. Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar. |
marshland | Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Thousands of acres of marshland. |
moist | (of the eyes) wet with tears. Exposure to the Atlantic on the west gives rise to a cool moist climate. |
moisten | Moisten with fine drops. Her eyes moistened. |
moisture | Water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, within a solid, or condensed on a surface. The air was constantly heavy with moisture. |
moisturize | Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin. |
rain | Of the sky the clouds etc send down rain. The low sky raining over tower d Camelot. |
sate | Fill to satisfaction. He was sated with flying. |
saturate | A saturated fat. The groundwater is saturated with calcium hydroxide. |
saturated | Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fats. Saturated hydrocarbons. |
soaked | Extremely wet; saturated. Rain soaked streets. |
sodden | Saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through. A whisky sodden criminal. |
sop | Wet thoroughly; soak. My agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work. |
submerge | Cover completely or make imperceptible. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged. |
vapor | The process of becoming a vapor. |
wet | Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. She said she d wet the tea immediately because they must be parched. |
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