1. [n]  washing something by allowing it to soak
2. [n]  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"
3. [v]  cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
4. [v]  heat a metal prior to working it
5. [v]  fill, soak, or imbue totally; "saturate the bandage with disinfectant"
6. [v]  become drunk; drink excessively
7. [v]  make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
8. [v]  beat severely; slang
9. [v]  submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"
10. [v]  rip off; ask an unreasonable price
11. [v]  give as a guarantee

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1. \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr.
   s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.]
   1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
      has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or
      other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or
      freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt
      meat, salt fish, or the like.
   2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
            Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv.
                                                  7.
   3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a
      sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
   4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; --
      often with through.
            The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through
            wreaths of snow.                      --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
   5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
   

2. \Soak\, v. i.
   1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become
      sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
   2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as,
      water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
   3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]