(v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid;
to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak
cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
(v. t.) To drench; to wet thoroughly.
(v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
(v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
often with through.
(v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
(v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
(v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
(v. i.) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
