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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid;
to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak
cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. |
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To drench; to wet thoroughly. |
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To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. |
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To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
often with through. |
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Fig.: To absorb; to drain. |
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To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. |
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To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. |
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To drink intemperately or gluttonously. |
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