| VERB | contact | soak | submerge in a liquid / liquid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | soaking | |
| Broader | wash, washing, lavation | The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) |
| Spanish | remojar, remojo | |
| Meaning | submerge in a liquid / liquid. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) . | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | heat, heat up | make hot or hotter |
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