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Added 9 October 2026

soak

/səʊk/ noun

In Latin: imbuō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about soak at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
a good soak put life back in the wagon
Washing something by allowing it to soak.

verb

Submerge in a liquid.
I soaked in the hot tub for an hour
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
souse water on his hot face

Origin

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.

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