soak

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soak /s'oʊk/ (soaks soaking soaked)
1 [VERB] V n, V
If you soak something or leave it to soak, you put it into a liquid and leave it there.
Soak the beans for 2 hours...
He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak.
2 [VERB] V n, V n with n
If a liquid soaks something or if you soak something with a liquid, the liquid makes the thing very wet.
The water had soaked his jacket and shirt...
Soak the soil around each bush with at least 4 gallons of water.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv
If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it.
There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts...
4 [VERB] V
If someone soaks, they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it.
What I need is to soak in a hot tub.
[N-COUNT]
Soak is also a noun.
I was having a long soak in the bath.
5
see also soaked, soakingsoak up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If a soft or dry material soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance.
The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you soak up the atmosphere in a place that you are visiting, you observe or get involved in the way of life there, because you enjoy it or are interested in it. (INFORMAL)
Keaton comes here once or twice a year to soak up the atmosphere.
= absorb
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If something soaks up something such as money or other resources, it uses a great deal of money or other resources.
Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget...

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