Soak
Soak , transitive verb
[Old English soken, Anglo-Saxon socian to sioak, steep, from s{not transcribed}can, s{not transcribed}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.
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.
5.
Figuratively: To absorb; to drain. [Obsolete] — Sir H. Wotton
Soak , intransitive verb
1.
To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
2.
To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
3.
To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]