soak

1. 1.

   the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

   “a good soak put life back in the wagon”

   Synonymssoakagesoaking

   Broadernatural process
2. 2.

   washing something by allowing it to soak

   Synonymssoaking

   Broaderwash

Other forms of soak

plural

soaks·

past tense

soaked·

present participle

soaking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about soak

What does soak mean?

soak means "submerge in a liquid". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soak?

soak has 1 syllable: soak. In IPA it is /ˈsoʊk/.

What is another word for soak?

Close synonyms include overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soak a common word?

soak is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.