| word | soak |
|---|---|
| definition | verb 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. 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. If a liquid soaks through something, it passes through it. There was so much blood it had soaked through my boxer shorts. Rain had soaked into the sand. 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. I was having a long soak in the bath. |
| inflections | soakssoakingsoaked |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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