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soak
(sōk)v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks
v.tr.
1.
a. To immerse in liquid for a period of time: Soak the beans in water before cooking.
b. To make thoroughly wet or saturated: I soaked the flowers with the hose. We got soaked by the rain.
2.
a. To absorb (liquid, for example) through pores or interstices: Use the bread to soak up the gravy.
b. To be exposed to: went to the beach to soak up the sun.
c. Informal To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the music scene.
3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.
4. Informal
a. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.
b. To make (a person) drunk.
5. Slang To charge (a person) an inordinate amount for something: people were getting soaked during the gas shortage.
v.intr.
1. To be immersed in liquid: The beans are soaking.
2.
a. To seep into or permeate something: Water soaked into the soil.
b. To be taken in mentally: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.
3. Slang To drink to excess.
n.
1. The act or process of soaking: had a long soak in the bath.
2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.
3. Slang A drunkard.
soak′er n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  soaked - very drunk besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, loaded, wet, stiff, tight jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" |
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soaked
adjective drenched, saturated, sodden, sopping, dripping wet, wet through, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, like a drowned rat, droukit or drookit (Scot.) We got soaked walking home.
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Translations
مَنْقُوعيَخْتَرِق الماءُ الثِّياب
promočenýpromočený skrz naskrz
gennemblødtgennemvåd
läpimärkä
promočen
gegnblauturrennblautur
ずぶぬれの
흠뻑 젖은
dyblöt
เปียกชุ่ม
ıslakıslanmışsırılsıklamsucuk gibi olmuş
ướt đẫm
soaked
[ˈsəʊkt] adj → trempé(e)By the time we got back we were soaked → Nous sommes rentrés trempés.
to get soaked to the skin → être trempé(e) jusqu'aux os
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
soaked
adj
(= drenched) person, garment → durchnässt; her dress was soaked → ihr Kleid war klatschnass (inf) → or völlig durchnässt; his T-shirt was soaked in sweat → sein T-Shirt war schweißgetränkt; to get soaked → völlig durchnässt werden; to be soaked to the skin, to be soaked through → bis auf die Haut nass sein
(fig: = steeped) to be soaked in something (person) → in etw (dat) → ganz aufgehen; (performance etc) → von etw durchdrungen sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
soak
(səuk) verb1. to (let) stand in a liquid. She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water.
2. to make very wet. That shower has completely soaked my clothes.
3. (with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate. The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage.
soaked adjective (often with through). She got soaked (through) in that shower.
-soakedrain-soaked / blood-soaked clothing
ˈsoaking adjective very wet. She took off her soaking garments.
soaking wet soaking; very wet. I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet.
soak up to draw in or suck up; to absorb. You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth.
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soaked
→ مَنْقُوع promočený gennemblødt durchnässt μουλιασμένος empapado, remojado läpimärkä trempé promočen fradicio ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 doorweekt gjennombløt przemoknięty ensopado промокший dyblöt เปียกชุ่ม ıslak ướt đẫm 湿透的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009