VERB | contact | soak | submerge in a liquid / liquid |
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possession | soak, overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off | |
change | soak, drench, douse, dowse, sop, souse | cover with liquid / liquid | |
possession | soak, pawn, hock | leave as a guarantee in return for money | |
contact | soak | beat severely | |
consumption | soak, intoxicate, inebriate | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | |
consumption | soak, souse, inebriate, hit it up | become drunk or drink excessively | |
change | soak, imbue | fill, soak, or imbue totally | |
change | soak | heat a metal prior to working it | |
NOUN | process | soak, soakage, soaking | the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed / immersed in water (or other liquid / liquid) |
act | soak, soaking | washing something by allowing it to soak |
Sounds | sow'k | |
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Rhymes | artichoke ... yolk: 36 rhymes with owk... |
Meaning | The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed / immersed in water (or other liquid / liquid). | |
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Example | "a good soak put life back in the wagon" | |
Synonyms | soakage, soaking | |
Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
Spanish | remojo, remojón, soakage | |
Catalan | remull, soakage | |
Verbs | soak | fill, soak, or imbue totally |
soak | submerge in a liquid / liquid |
Meaning | washing something by allowing it to soak. | |
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Synonym | soaking | |
Broader | wash, washing, lavation | The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) |
Spanish | remojar, remojo |
Meaning | submerge in a liquid / liquid. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" | |
Broader | immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into |
Spanish | empaparse, mojarse, pringarse, remojarse | |
Catalan | absorbir, enllardar-se, enllardar, mullar-se, mullar, remullar-se, remullar, traspassar, xopar-se, xopar | |
Nouns | soak, soakage, soaking | the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed / immersed in water (or other liquid / liquid) |
soaking | washing something by allowing it to soak |
Meaning | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | overcharge, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | |
Entails | charge, bill | demand payment |
Narrower | extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring | Obtain by coercion or intimidation |
Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
Opposite | undercharge | Charge (someone) too little money |
Spanish | atracar, desplumar, robar | |
Catalan | atracar, plomar, robar |
Meaning | Cover with liquid / liquid; pour liquid / liquid onto. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They soak the cloth with water and alcohol | |
Synonyms | drench, douse, dowse, sop, souse | |
Entailed by | macerate | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result |
Narrower | bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments |
bedraggle, draggle | make wet and dirty, as from rain | |
brine | soak in brine | |
ret | place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid / liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue | |
sluice, flush | irrigate with water from a sluice | |
Broader | wet | Cause to become wet |
Spanish | absorber, bañar, empapar, lavar, mojar, remojar | |
Catalan | absorbir, mullar, remullar, rentar, xopar | |
Nouns | soaker | a heavy rain |
soaking | the act of making something completely wet |
Meaning | Leave as a guarantee in return for money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | pawn, hock | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | consign, charge | Give over to another for care or safekeeping |
Spanish | empeñar | |
Catalan | empenyorar |
Meaning | Beat severely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to soak the prisoners | |
Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
Meaning | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) . | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | intoxicate, inebriate | |
Narrower | befuddle, fuddle | make stupid with alcohol |
Broader | affect | act physically on |
Spanish | emborrachar, embriagar | |
Catalan | emborratxar-se, emborratxar, embriagar, inebriar |
Meaning | Become drunk or drink excessively. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | souse, inebriate, hit it up | |
Broader | hit the bottle, drink, booze, fuddle | consume alcohol |
Spanish | agarrar un tablón, emborracharse, embriagarse, ponerse pedo | |
Nouns | soaker | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
Meaning | Fill, soak, or imbue totally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | Water and alcohol soak the cloth | |
Example | "soak the bandage with disinfectant" | |
Synonym | imbue | |
Narrower | brew | Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor |
steep, infuse | Let sit in a liquid / liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | |
Broader | impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely |
Spanish | imbuir, remojar | |
Catalan | absorbir, amarar-se, amarar, calar-se, remullar-se, remullar, traspassar, xopar-se, xopar | |
Nouns | soak | the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed / immersed in water (or other liquid / liquid) |
Meaning | heat a metal prior to working it. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | heat, heat up | make hot or hotter |
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