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1. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
   "a good soaking put life back in the wagon";
   - soak, soakage
    
2. The act of making something completely wet
   "he gave it a good soaking";
   - drenching, souse, sousing
    
3. Washing something by allowing it to soak
   - soak

1. Extremely wet
   "soaking wet";
   - sopping, dripping

1. Submerge in a liquid
   "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
    
2. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "soak water on his hot face";
   - drench, douse, dowse, sop, souse
    
3. Leave as a guarantee in return for money
   "soak your grandfather's gold watch";
   - pawn, hock [N. Amer]
    
4. Beat severely
    
5. Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
   - intoxicate, inebriate
    
6. Become drunk or drink excessively
   - souse, inebriate, hit it up
    
7. Fill, soak, or imbue totally
   "soak the bandage with disinfectant";
   - imbue
    
8. Heat a metal prior to working it
    
9. [informal] Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
   - overcharge, surcharge, gazump [Brit, informal], fleece [informal], pluck [informal], rob, hook [informal], skin [informal]

Derived forms: soakings

Type of: action, activity, affect, beat, beat up, booze [informal], charge, cheat, chisel [informal], consign, drink, fuddle, heat, heat up, hit the bottle [informal], immerse, impregnate, lavation, natural action, natural process, plunge, rip off [informal], saturate, wash, washing, wet, wetting, work over

Encyclopedia: Soaking