soak

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
  2. noun washing something by allowing it to soak
  3. verb submerge in a liquid

Etymology

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.

In classic literature

Synonyms

soakage, soaking

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