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Noun soak has 2 senses
- soak, soakage, soaking - 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"
--1 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
- soak, soaking - washing something by allowing it to soak
--2 is a kind of wash, washing, lavation
Verb soak has 9 senses
- soak - submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
--1 is one way to immerse, plunge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s PP
- overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
--2 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
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Somebody ----s somebody
- drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
--3 is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
They soak the cloth with water and alcohol
- pawn, soak, hock - leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
--4 is one way to consign, charge
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Somebody ----s something
- soak - beat severely; slang
--5 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
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They want to soak the prisoners
- intoxicate, soak, inebriate - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
--6 is one way to affect
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Something ----s somebody
- souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up - become drunk or drink excessively
--7 is one way to drink, booze, fuddle
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Somebody ----s
- soak, imbue - fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with disinfectant"
--8 is one way to impregnate, saturate
Sample sentence:
Water and alcohol soak the cloth
- soak - heat a metal prior to working it
--9 is one way to heat, heat up
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Somebody ----s something
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