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{
"term": "soak",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "soak",
"heSheIt": "soaks"
},
"pastSimple": "soaked",
"pastParticiple": "soaked",
"ingForm": "soaking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way",
"sensetop": "soak something (in something)soak something with somethingsoak (in something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I usually soak the beans overnight.",
"contextForm": "soak something (in something)"
},
{
"text": "If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out."
},
{
"text": "He soaked the cloth with petrol.",
"contextForm": "soak something with something"
},
{
"text": "Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes.",
"contextForm": "soak (in something)"
},
{
"text": "I'm going to go and soak in the bath."
},
{
"text": "Soak the clothes in cold water."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "thoroughly", "overnight"],
"verb + soak": ["leave something to", "let something"],
"preposition": ["in", "into", "through"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make somebody/something completely wet",
"sensetop": "soak somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators."
}
],
"synonyms": "drench",
"topics": ["Weather"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to enter or pass through something",
"sensetop": "soak through somethingsoak into something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Blood had soaked through the bandage.",
"contextForm": "soak through something"
},
{
"text": "The rain had soaked through every layer of his clothing."
},
{
"text": "Water dripped off the table and soaked into the carpet.",
"contextForm": "soak into something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices",
"sensetop": "soak somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was accused of soaking his clients."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊk/",
"audio": "so/soak/soak__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊks/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊkt/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaking__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊk/",
"audio": "so/soak/soak__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊks/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/səʊkt/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊkɪŋ/",
"audio": "so/soak/soaking__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’."
}