Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soak

/soʊk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
soak
IPA
/soʊk/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

Intransitive verb

verb

To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

Transitive verb

verb

To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

Intransitive verb

verb

To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)

Transitive verb

verb

To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.

Transitive verb

verb

To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

Dated; Slang

verb

To heat (a metal) before shaping it.

Transitive verb

verb

To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /soʊk/
  • British English: /səʊk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

soaks (present, singular) soaking (participle, present) soaked (participle, past) soaked (past) soaks (plural)

Derived Forms

asoak oversoak presoak resoak soakable soakage soakaway soaker soaky

Phrases

go soak your head soak away soak in soak the runner soak up water-soak soak test

Synonyms

imbue fleece alcoholic souse suck-pint alco alkie bacchanal bacchant barfly bibber booze artist

Homonyms

soke

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke stoke choke poke

Questions

How do you pronounce soak?
The recorded pronunciation is /soʊk/.
What does soak mean?
To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
Where does soak come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce soak

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