as in alcoholic
a person who makes a habit of getting drunk
felt sorry for the town soak, who couldn't hold a job
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as in to saturate
to wet thoroughly with liquid
we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked
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as in to wet
to make wet
that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight
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as in to drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak
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Recent Examples of soak
Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 22 Feb. 2025
Creative gifts from local vendors include money bouquets and custom Christmas boxes; handmade tumblers; personalized planners; accessories; luxurious self-care products like body creams and foot soaks; mental health books and more.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Never soak your mattress or apply water or cleaning solution directly to it.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
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Noun
This light, bright treehouse sits just above it all on a beautiful bluff and is outfitted with luxe linens, a rain shower and a soak tub.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 22 Feb. 2025
Creative gifts from local vendors include money bouquets and custom Christmas boxes; handmade tumblers; personalized planners; accessories; luxurious self-care products like body creams and foot soaks; mental health books and more.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
The comforter she was wrapped in was soaked with blood and had been tied with tape, per the complaint, The Gazette and KCRG reported.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Never soak your mattress or apply water or cleaning solution directly to it.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak
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Because their parents were alcoholics, Acosta all but raised her younger sister, Julie Andrew, according to Andrew's testimony during Tanzi's trial.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.—
Dennis McLellan,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Understanding The Periphery Advantage In many metropolitan areas, central districts are becoming increasingly saturated and expensive.—
Rodolfo Delgado,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Spring fashion is often saturated with flowy, floral dresses, breezy linens, and the art of mixing and matching textures, cuts, and patterns.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump campaigned on a vow to reduce egg prices, blaming their rise on his predecessor, but with avian flu continuing to spread — and some producers accused of taking advantage of the crisis to gouge customers — the USDA predicts that prices will rise at least another 20% this year.—
Rachel Ringler,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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In 2020, Attorney General Letitia James of New York accused Hillandale Farms of gouging customers with high prices during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.—
Danielle Kaye,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Although scattered rain showers are expected to track across western North Carolina later this morning, this will not be enough of a wetting rain to bring relief to dry fuels.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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To start, wet your hands with water, then apply enough soap to cover your hands and rub them against each other.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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People can take several different self-questionnaires to screen for problem drinking.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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With his home made uninhabitable by smoke and soot and the water unsafe to drink, Miller and his family were forced to move into a rental house in neighboring Pasadena.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then, the president’s trainwreck brother, Tripp Morgan (Jason Lee), wakes up in room 301 next to Wynter’s corpse after passing out drunk.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Tragedy struck the Kilmer family in 1977 when Kilmer’s younger brother Wesley drowned at the young age of 15.—
Ale Russian,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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And the public is left drowning in a sea of hot takes and half-truths, trying to make sense of what—if anything—actually matters.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Hit the ball too far up the handle, or off the end of the head, and the bat will flex and vibrate, transferring less energy to the ball and stinging the batter’s hands.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pets who have an encounter with stinging caterpillars will need a vet visit ASAP.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Soak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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