soak :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. washing something by allowing it to soak

n. 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"

soak

v. beat severely

soak

v. heat a metal prior to working it

soak, imbue

v. fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up

v. become drunk or drink excessively

intoxicate, soak, inebriate

v. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

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bath

n. you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"

cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot

n. (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)

submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing

n. the act of wetting something by submerging it

indoctrinate

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

suffuse

v. to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"

absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

soak

v. submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

sop

v. dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"

sop

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

sop, become soaked

v. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid

treat, care for

v. provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

dress, dress up

v. dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

bathe, bath

v. clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

saturate

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

impregnate, saturate

v. infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"

soak, imbue

v. fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant"

absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

absorb

v. cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

wash

v. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking; "The cat washes several times a day"

douse

v. lower quickly; "douse a sail"

rub

v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

scour, abrade

v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"

bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false

v. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

v. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

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dry, dry out

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

undercharge

v. charge (someone) too little money

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