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verb

1. To make thoroughly wet: douse, drench, saturate, sodden, sop, souse, wet. See dry/wet.
2. To saturate (something) with a liquid: steep². Chemistry infuse. See dry/wet.
3. To take in (moisture or liquid). absorb, drink, imbibe, sop up, take up. See give/take/reciprocity.
4. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally. absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe, take up. See accept/reject.
5. To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually: drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple. Informal nip². Slang booze, lush², tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle. See drugs/temperance.
6. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something: fleece, overcharge. Slang clip¹, gouge, nick, rip off, scalp, skin. Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride, take someone to the cleaners. See honest/dishonest.

phrasal verb - soak in

To come as a realization: dawn on (or upon), register, sink in. See knowledge/ignorance.

noun

A person who is habitually drunk: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, sot, tippler. Slang boozehound, boozer, lush², rummy¹, souse, sponge, stiff. See drugs/temperance.

v

Definition: drench, wet
Antonyms: dehydrate, dry

IN BRIEF: To be covered in a liquid for a time. Also: To draw in.

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. — Lindley Karstens.

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verb
verb, Brit

1: intr. To drink persistently, booze. (1687 —) .

2: trans. To pawn. (1882 —) .

3: US, dated
a: : to soak it to = to sock it to (see sock verb 2). (1892 —) .

b: trans. To punish, hit hard, criticize. (1896 —) .


4: trans. orig US To extract money from by extortionate charges, taxation, etc. (1895 —) .
M. French Roger wanted the divorce, and she was angry, so she really soaked him. She asked for fifteen thousand a year (1977). noun

5: A drunkard. (1820 —) .
J. Fenton Old soaks from farmers poets' pubs And after-hours drinking clubs (1982). Hence soaked, adjective Drunk; often as the second element of a compound. (1737 —) .
E. O'neill Like a rum-soaked trooper, brawling before a brothel on a Saturday night (a.1953). soaker, noun = soak noun 5. (1593 —) .
G. M. Trevelyan The upper class got drunk...on ale and...on wine. It is hard to say whether men of fashion or the rural gentry were the worst soakers (1946).

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• Drunkenness, Drunkards, and Alcoholism - soak: (vb) Informal. become drunk

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gennembløde, udbløde, lægge i blød
v. intr. - sive, inddrikke, suge, svire, nedfælde sig, sive ind
n. - gennemblødning, udblødning, flydebøtte, drukkenbolt, soldetur

idioms:

• soak up    opsuge
• soaking wet    gennemblødt, gennemblødt til skindet, drivvåd

Nederlands (Dutch)
weken, doordrenken, inweken

Français (French)
v. tr. - tremper, (fig) faire casquer
v. intr. - tremper, être absorbé par
n. - (GB) trempage, poivrot, ivrogne

idioms:

• soak up    absorber, boire, s'imprégner de
• soaking wet    trempé jusqu'aux os

Deutsch (German)
v. - durchweichen, einweichen, schröpfen
n. - Säufer

idioms:

• soak up    aufsaugen
• soaking wet    völlig durchnäßt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαποτίζω, μουλιάζω, μουσκεύω, (μτφ.) κατανοώ, (καθομ.) μεθοκοπώ
n. - μούλιασμα, (καθομ.) νεροποντή, μπεκρούλιασμα, μπεκρούλιακας

idioms:

• soak up    απορροφώ
• soaking wet    καταμουσκεμένος

Italiano (Italian)
impregnare, macerare, ubriacone

idioms:

• old soak    vecchio ubriacone
• soak up    mettere a bagno
• soaking wet    grondante

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encharcar, embeber
n. - penetração da mente

idioms:

• old soak    alcoólatra
• soak up    embeber
• soaking wet    encharcado

Русский (Russian)
мочить, замачивать, пропитывать, пропитываться, насыщать, погружаться во что-л., промокать, просачиваться, постепенно усваиваться, напиваться, отдавать в заклад, выкачивать деньги, намокание, жидкость для пропитывания, заболоченное место, пьяница, запой, заклад

idioms:

• old soak    старый алкоголик
• soak up    впитывать, поглощать, промокать
• soaking wet    промокший до нитки

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - empapar, calar, impregnar, remojar, poner en remojo, borrachín, chupar, embeber, absorber, pegar, dar golpes, empeñar
v. intr. - empaparse, estar en remojo, beber, empinar el codo
n. - borrachín, remojo, empapamiento, remojón, baño en que se remoja algo, orgía, borrachera, golpe, puñetazo

idioms:

• soak up    absorber, chupar
• soaking wet    empapado, calado hasta los huesos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blöta, blötlägga, genomdränka, supa, pressa pengar av, dänga till
n. - genomblötning, ösregn, rotblöta, regnig period, suput

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使上下湿透, 吸入, 浸, 浸泡, 渗透, 浸渍, 烂醉, 酒鬼

idioms:

• soak up    吸收
• soaking wet    湿淋淋的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使上下濕透, 吸入, 浸
v. intr. - 浸泡, 滲透
n. - 浸泡, 浸漬, 爛醉, 酒鬼

idioms:

• soak up    吸收
• soaking wet    濕淋淋的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 담그다, 물에 적셔 빨아내다, 엄하게 벌하다
v. intr. - 흠뻑 젖다, 깊이 스며들다, 술을 진탕 마시다
n. - 담그기, 침액, 웅덩이

idioms:

• soak up    (물기를) 빨아들이다, 흡수하다, 이해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 浸る, 浸す, つかる, びしょぬれにする, しみ出させる, 吸収する, しみ込む
n. - 浸すこと, つかった状態

idioms:

• soak up    吸収する, 吸い取る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينفذ الى, يتخلل, ينقع في ألماء, يشبع, يسف في ألشراب, يزيل أو ينظف بالغسل (الاسم) سكير, ألماء أو ألسائل ألمنقوع فيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השרה, הספיג, הטביל, גבה מחיר מופרז, סחט‬
v. intr. - ‮שרה‬
n. - ‮שרייה, הספגה, שיכור, שתיין‬

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