soak

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01. You need to [soak] the dried mushrooms in water for a while before you can use them.
02. After the race, the runner [soaked] his sore feet in warm water.
03. We got [soaked] walking home in the rain.
04. I left the dishes to [soak] for a while, so I will do them after the movie is over.
05. We should really [soak] the soil around the plants because it is pretty dry.
06. The blood [soaked] through the sleeve of his shirt, forming a large stain.
07. Sandra loves to [soak] in a hot bath after a long day at work.
08. A good [soak] in the hot tub will make you feel a lot better.
09. During New Year's in Thailand, people throw water at each other, and pretty well everybody gets [soaked].
10. You left your new coat out in the rain, and now it is [soaking] wet.
11. There is a Japanese proverb which states that getting money is like digging with a needle, but spending it is like water [soaking] into the sand.
12. Abraham Cowley wrote "The thirsty earth [soaks] up the rain."
13. Marcelene Cox once noted that weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower, and thinking how it is [soaking] in around your green beans.
14. A human hair is 70 percent easier to cut when [soaked] in warm water for two minutes.
15. The modern dinner plate is a fairly recent development; until the 15th century, it was customary to eat on a thick slice of stale bread that [soaked] up the juice.
16. Hippos enjoy [soaking] in the mud; it keeps their skin from drying out.
17. During winter, Japanese apes find warmth [soaking] in volcanic hotsprings.
18. Raw coffee beans, [soaked] in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • soak — vb Soak, saturate, drench, steep, impregnate, sop, waterlog can mean to permeate or be permeated with or as if with water. Soak suggests immersion in a liquid so that the substance absorbs the moisture and usually becomes thoroughly wetted,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • soak — [sōk] vt. [ME soken < OE socian < base of sucan: see SUCK] 1. to make thoroughly wet; drench or saturate [soaked to the skin by the rain] 2. to submerge or keep in a liquid, as for thorough wetting, softening, for hydrotherapy, etc. 3. a)… …   English World dictionary

  • Soak — Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soak — soak·age; soak·er; soak·ing·ly; pre·soak; soak; …   English syllables

  • soak — ► VERB 1) make or become thoroughly wet by immersion in liquid. 2) (of a liquid) penetrate or permeate completely. 3) (soak up) absorb (a liquid). 4) (soak up) expose oneself to (something beneficial or enjoyable). 5) (soak oneself in) i …   English terms dictionary

  • Soak — Soak, v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soak — index imbue, immerse (plunge into), overload, permeate, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • soak — sōk n an often hot medicated solution with which a body part is soaked usu. long or repeatedly esp. to promote healing, relieve pain, or stimulate local circulation …   Medical dictionary

  • soak — (v.) O.E. socian (related to sucan to suck ), from P.Gmc. *sukon (Cf. W.Flem. soken), from PIE root *seue to take liquid (see SUP (Cf. sup) (2)). Slang meaning to overcharge first recorded 1895. Related: Soaked; soaking …   Etymology dictionary

  • soak — [v] drench, wet absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe,… …   New thesaurus

  • soak — soak1 S3 [səuk US souk] v [: Old English; Origin: socian] 1.) [I and T] if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean ▪ Soak the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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