Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Soaking.]
[OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
s?can, s?gan, to suck. See Suck.]
1. 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.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
7.
3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
often with through.
The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
wreaths of snow. --Sir W.
Scott.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.]
--Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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