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
Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
There’s also a deep roll-top bath backed by emerald tiles for post-amble soaks overlooking the garden and Maiden Bradley rooftops.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2025
Dry hair doesn’t curl as easily as damp hair, while hair that’s soaking wet requires too much time to dry in the rollers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Cover and let soak at room temperature for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
There’s also a deep roll-top bath backed by emerald tiles for post-amble soaks overlooking the garden and Maiden Bradley rooftops.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
Allow the bread to soak for 15 minutes.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2025
Dry hair doesn’t curl as easily as damp hair, while hair that’s soaking wet requires too much time to dry in the rollers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak
Noun
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AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Using her charm offensive, Hedda goads naive spouses to cheat, recovering alcoholics to drink and depressives to wander off into the darkness with a revolver.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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We’re saturated with incoherence — fragmented media, endless information, constant moral redefinition.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 1816 the stratosphere was saturated with Tambora’s dust, and sea ice nearly wrecked Scoresby’s ship off the eastern coast of Greenland.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At least the climactic pandemonium has some of that old REC intensity; Plaza dynamically orchestrates the violence, dazzling the eyes of his audience one minute, gouging the eyes of his characters the next.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ella’s son is now 7 and sometimes traipses downstairs to gouge his grandparents’ cereal collection.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Place chopped leaves in a large wire bin and wet each layer.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With that goal in mind, Dijkstra has constructed a scheme to ensure that King Radovid stops drinking and sulking over Jaskier and embraces his role as one of the few remaining leaders who can oppose Emhyr’s army.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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The crawl includes access to multiple bars, drink specials, and a $2,000 costume contest.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When Macy was growing up, her mother worked in a factory and her dad was known as the town drunk.—
Alex Kotlowitz,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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His inability to make hard decisions or abstain from becoming a maudlin, clingy drunk had transformed me from his girlfriend and lover into his mother and disciplinarian.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When the bodies of the drowned are retrieved, they’re sent to Alexandroupoli to be identified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an effort to save their relationship, Smith drowned her two young sons.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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While basic first aid can often ease the pain of a bee sting, according to the Mayo Clinic, those who are stung more than a dozen times can experience a more severe reaction, which includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and lightheadedness.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Considering that one cocktail could cost one hour of some employees’ wages, the removal of that free drink benefit stung even more, Quimby and Reber told Deadline.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Soak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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