transcription, транскрипция: [ soʊk ]
( soaks, soaking, soaked)
1.
If you soak something or leave it to soak , you put it into a liquid and leave it there.
Soak the beans for 2 hours...
He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak.
VERB : V n , V
2.
If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet.
The water had soaked his jacket and shirt...
Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
VERB : V n , V n with n
3.
If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it.
There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts...
VERB : V prep / adv
4.
If someone soaks , they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it.
What I need is to soak in a hot tub.
VERB : V
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Soak is also a noun.
I was having a long soak in the bath.
N-COUNT
5.
see also soaked , soaking