Definition of soak

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Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

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Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..
Weep :: Weep (v. i.) To drop water, or the like; to drip; to be soaked..
Baigne :: Baigne (v. i.) To soak or drench.
Charlotte :: Charlotte (n.) A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked..
Buck :: Buck (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.
Soak :: Soak (v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture..
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..
Sob :: Sob (v. t.) To soak.
Wet :: Wet (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table..
Bowssen :: Bowssen (v. t.) To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties)..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) 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..
Insteep :: Insteep (v. t.) To steep or soak; to drench.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..
Steep :: Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping..
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
Insuccation :: Insuccation (n.) The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
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