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# soak

«soak» in Mova's school dictionary: **to leave it in water or another liquid for a time, so it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (soak, soaks, soaked, soaking); noun (a soak, soaks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To soak something is to leave it in water or another liquid for a time, so it becomes completely wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#m1)

2) To soak someone is to make them very wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#m2)

3) To soak up a liquid is to take it in, as a sponge or paper towel does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#m3)

4) To soak up something like sunshine or knowledge is to enjoy or learn a lot of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#m4)

5) A soak is a long time spent in water, like a long bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, materials that soak up water are absorbent (sponge, paper, cloth) and those that do not are waterproof (plastic, rubber) — a classic experiment. In cooking, you soak beans or rice. In everyday life, «soaked» or «soaking wet» means wet all through after rain. Phrases: «soak up», «soaked through», «soaking wet», «leave to soak».

### examples

- The rain soaked us on the way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x1)
- Soak the dirty pan in warm soapy water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x2)
- A sponge soaks up water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x3)
- My socks were soaking wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x4)
- Mum soaked the beans overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x5)
- We tested which material soaked up the most water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x6)
- The children soaked up everything the guide said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x7)
- Dad had a long soak in the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x8)
- “We do,” said the bullocks. “It is red stuff that soaks into the ground and smells.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: soaked. «Soaked» and «soaking wet» are adjectives meaning very wet. Do not confuse with «soap». «Soak up» = absorb.

### In the corpora

- [Mixing many paint colours together makes brown or grey, because each paint soaks up different parts of the light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/6/)
- [Wetlands soak up flood water like giant sponges and let it out slowly, and reed roots trap mud and clean the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/17/)
- [The large intestine soaks up water and salts from what is left, and its bacteria break down some of the fibre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich/13/)
- [Male sandgrouse soak their belly feathers at a waterhole and fly many kilometres back to their chicks, which drink from the wet feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants/16/)
- [For an hour or two they stumble on, pretending every tree is an old friend, falling into holes, soaked and bruised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «soak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.