soak

Noun

• washing something by allowing it to soak

• the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
  • a good soak put life back in the wagon
    

Verb

• heat a metal prior to working it

• fill, soak, or imbue totally
  • soak the bandage with disinfectant
    

• become drunk or drink excessively

• make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

• beat severely

• leave as a guarantee in return for money
  • pawn your grandfather's gold watch
    

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
  • souse water on his hot face
    

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• submerge in a liquid
  • I soaked in the hot tub for an hour
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  soaking , soakage , imbue , souse , inebriate , hit it up , intoxicate , pawn , hock , drench , douse , dowse , sop , overcharge , surcharge , gazump , fleece , plume , pluck , rob , hook