Another word for soak

soak Synonyms

soak

v.

To drench
drench, wet, immerse, immerge, merge, dip, water, imbrue, infiltrate, percolate, permeate, drown, saturate, impregnate, pour into, pour on, wash over, flood; see also cover 8, moisten.
To remain in liquid
steep, imbue, macerate, soften, be saturated, be infiltrated, be permeated, be pervaded, infuse, sink into, waterlog.
To absorb
dry, sop, mop; see absorb 1.

soak implies immersion in a liquid, etc. as for the purpose of absorption, thorough wetting, softening, etc. to soak bread in milk; saturate implies absorption to a point where no more can be taken up air saturated with moisture; drench implies a thorough wetting as by a downpour a garden drenched by the rain; steep usually suggests soaking for the purpose of extracting the essence of something to steep tea; impregnate implies the penetration and permeation of one thing by another wood impregnated with creosote

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Another word for soak

verb

To make thoroughly wet:
douse, drench, saturate, sodden, sop, souse, wet. See dry
To saturate (something) with a liquid:
steep². (Chemistry) infuse. See dry
To take in (moisture or liquid).
Also used with up: absorb, drink, imbibe, sop up, take up. See give
(Informal)
To take in and incorporate, especially mentally.
Also used with up: absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe, take up. See accept
(Informal)
To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:
drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple. (Informal) nip². (Slang) booze, lush², tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle . See drugs
(Slang)
To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:
fleece, overcharge. (Slang) clip¹, gouge, nick, rip off, scalp, skin. Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners . See honest