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Soak [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To lie steeped in water or other fluid. Let the cloth lie and soak

2. To enter into pores or interstices. Water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously; to drench; as a soaking club. [Low.]

Soak [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To steep; to cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other fluid; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread.

2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. The earth is soaked with heavy rain. Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isaiah 34:7 .

3. To draw in by the pores; as the skin.

4. To drain. [Not authirized.]

Soak [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

Soak [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain.

Soakage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.

Soaked [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Steeped or macerated in a fluid; drenched.

Soaked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Soaker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that soaks or macerates in a liquid.

2. A hard drinker. [Low.]

Soaker [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, soaks.

2. A hard drinker.

Soaking [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That wets thoroughly; as a soaking rain.

Soaking [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Steeping; macerating; drenching; imbibing.

Soaking [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.

Soaking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Soaky [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of moisture; wet; soppy.