soak

/sˈoʊk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. submerge in a liquid
   “I soaked in the hot tub for an hour”
2. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
3. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   “souse water on his hot face”
4. leave as a guarantee in return for money
   “pawn your grandfather's gold watch”
5. beat severely
6. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
7. become drunk or drink excessively
8. fill, soak, or imbue totally
   “soak the bandage with disinfectant”
9. heat a metal prior to working it

noun

1. 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”
2. washing something by allowing it to soak

Synonyms for soak

• overcharge
• surcharge
• gazump
• fleece
• plume
• pluck
• rob
• hook
• drench
• douse
• dowse
• sop
• souse
• pawn
• hock
• intoxicate
• inebriate
• hit it up
• imbue
• soakage
• soaking

Words that rhyme with soak

• choke
• stroke
• poke
• smoke
• yoke
• joke
• baroque
• cloak
• evoke
• coke
• croak
• folk
• provoke
• invoke
• revoke
• artichoke
• backstroke
• countryfolk
• oak
• spoke
• yolk
• bespoke
• bloke
• broke
• convoke
• keystroke
• masterstroke
• moke
• slowpoke
• stoke