"soak" meaning in English

See soak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səʊk/ [UK], /soʊk/ [US] Audio: en-au-soak.ogg [Australia] Forms: soak [canonical], soaks [third-person, singular], soaked [past], soaked [past, participle], soaking [present, participle]
enPR: sōk [UK], sōk [US] Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An act of putting a piece of cloth or something made of thread or silk into a basin of water. Synonyms: wet
    Sense id: simple-soak-en-verb-sWl-nuEW
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