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Nouns (3)

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"

Verbs (29)

soak

v. heat a metal prior to working it

soak

v. beat severely

soak

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

imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

inebriate, intoxicate, make drunk

v. make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

pawn, hock

v. leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

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

souse, inebriate, become drunk, drink excessively, hit it up

v. become drunk or drink excessively

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

v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (129)

bath

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

cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

n. the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

ducking, dousing, immersion

n. the act of wetting something by submerging it

get into, penetrate, go into

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

infiltrate

v. of liquids

crash, intrude, barge in, gate-crash, gatecrash, irrupt

v. enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"

invade, encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon

v. to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"

filter, percolate, sink in, permeate

v. pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"

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

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

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

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

impregnate, saturate

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

indoctrinate, teach uncritically, teach doctrines to

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

imbue, diffuse, permeate, pervade

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"

soak, souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

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

suffuse, become suffused

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

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

cover, apparel, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out

v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

bath, bathe, take a bath

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

mortgage, convert into a debt, convey by mortgage

v. put up as security or collateral

flood, swamp, deluge, inundate

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

saturate, make saturated

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, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

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

v. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

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"

snow, bamboozle, hoodwink, 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, trammel, snare, entrap, ensnare

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

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (4)

dry, dry out, make dry

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

undercharge

v. charge (someone) too little money

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