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   Soak , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. scan, sgan, to suck. See Suck.]
    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.
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   To drench; to wet thoroughly.
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   Their land shall be soaked with blood.
   Isa. xxiv. 7.
   
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   To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
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   To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
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   The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.]
   Sir H. Wotton.
   
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   Soak, v. i.
   To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
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   To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
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   To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
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