(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something or leave it to ~, 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 ~.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If a liquid ~s something or if you ~ something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet.
The water had ~ed 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 ~s through something, it passes through it.
There was so much blood it had ~ed through my boxer shorts...
VERB: V prep/adv
4.
If someone ~s, they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it.
What I need is to ~ in a hot tub.
VERB: V
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Soak is also a noun.
I was having a long ~ in the bath.
N-COUNT
5.
see also ~ed , ~ing