Dictionary entry details
• SOAK (noun)
Meaning:
The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
soak; soakage; soaking
Context example:
a good soak put life back in the wagon
Hypernyms ("soak" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Meaning:
Washing something by allowing it to soak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
soak; soaking
Hypernyms ("soak" is a kind of...):
lavation; wash; washing (the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water))
• SOAK (verb)
Meaning:
Submerge in a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
I soaked in the hot tub for an hour
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
fleece; gazump; overcharge; plume; surcharge; soak; rob; hook; pluck
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Soak" entails doing...:
bill; charge (demand payment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soak"):
extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
souse; soak; drench; dowse; sop; douse
Context example:
souse water on his hot face
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
wet (cause to become wet)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soak"):
brine (soak in brine)
bedraggle; draggle (make wet and dirty, as from rain)
bate (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments)
ret (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue)
flush; sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They soak the cloth with water and alcohol
Meaning:
Leave as a guarantee in return for money
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
hock; pawn; soak
Context example:
pawn your grandfather's gold watch
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Beat severely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to soak the prisoners
Meaning:
Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
inebriate; intoxicate; soak
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soak"):
befuddle; fuddle (make stupid with alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Become drunk or drink excessively
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
hit it up; souse; inebriate; soak
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Fill, soak, or imbue totally
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
imbue; soak
Context example:
soak the bandage with disinfectant
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soak"):
infuse; steep (let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse)
brew (sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
Water and alcohol soak the cloth
Meaning:
Heat a metal prior to working it
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "soak" is one way to...):
heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
