Definition of: soak

(sōk) v.t.
1. To place in liquid till thoroughly saturated; steep.
2. To wet thoroughly; drench: The rain soaks the earth.
3. To take in through or as through pores or interstices; suck up; absorb; with in or up.
4. Colloq. To drink, especially to excess.
5. U.S. Slang a To charge exorbitantly. b To pawn. c To strike hard; beat.
—v.i.
6. To remain or be placed in liquid till saturated.
7. To penetrate; pass: with in or into.
8. U.S. Slang To drink to excess.
—noun
1. The process or act of soaking, or state of being soaked.
2. Liquid in which something is soaked.
3. Slang A hard drinker; a drinking spree. ♦ Homophone: soke. [OE socian. Akin to SUCK.]