Soak

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SOAKED (sōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. SOAKING.] [A-S. sôcian, to soak, steep, sûcan, sûgan, to suck, W. soegi, to steep, swgiaw, to soak, sugaw, to imbibe. Cf. SUCK and SOGGY.]

1Sense 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 fluid; to steep; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread.

2Sense 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

For many of the princes (woe the while!) Lie drowned and soaked in mercenary blood. Shak.

3Sense 3. To draw in by the pores, as the skin. Dryden.

4Sense 4. To penetrate by wetting thoroughly;—often with through.

The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. W. Scott.

5Sense 5. To drain; to exhaust. [Obs.] Wotton.

(sōk), v. i. 1. To lie steeped in water or other fluid; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

2Sense 2. To enter into pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

3Sense 3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously; to drench; as, a soaking club. [Low.] Locke.