soak

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: sōk, IPA ^(key): /səʊk/
• (US) enPR: sōk, IPA ^(key): /soʊk/

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Verb

Plain form soak

Third-person singular soaks

Past tense soaked

Past participle soaked

Present participle soaking

1. An act of putting a piece of cloth or something made of thread or silk into a basin of water.
   • Synonym: wet

   I soaked my dirty clothes into the soap water.