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Synonyms for soak

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for soak

to make thoroughly wet

to saturate (something) with a liquid

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to take in (moisture or liquid)

to take in and incorporate, especially mentally

to take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually

to exploit (another) by charging too much for something

soak in: to come as a realization

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Synonyms for soak

the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

washing something by allowing it to soak

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submerge in a liquid

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leave as a guarantee in return for money

beat severely

make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

become drunk or drink excessively

fill, soak, or imbue totally

heat a metal prior to working it

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The bark of Kigelia africana (Igi amuyan), fruits of Ricinus communis (Lara), leaves of Newbouldia laevis (Akoko) and leaves of Pseudospondias microcarpa (Ekeja) were soaked with fermented maize water to which table salt had been added.
These cubes dissolve in water to leave a moisturising soak. The formula also helps to lift away dull, dry skin to leave you feeling soft.
When you soak your nail, add two or three drops of tea tree oil to the warm water.
Failing to do so may give thousands of false triggers and provide a ton of unusable images over a soak. If placing cameras for long soaks in summer, I will sometimes bring a half-gallon sprayer of Roundup to "burn" down unwanted grasses that otherwise might become camera obstructions as they grow.
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A prospective study was performed to compare the outcome of our patient who undergone surgery by using blood-soaked gelfoam and gelfoam soaked in antibiotic ear drops.
India, March 17 -- OnePlus has reportedly started soak testing the Android Marshmallow based Oxygen 3.0 update for the OnePlus 2 smartphone.
Within TFO treatments, there was an increase in acrylamide concentration from no-soak to the 20-min soak treatments, but this was not statistically significant.
The first is like beans, soak the husked oat grain (groat) in water overnight.
You don't have to soak legumes before preparing them in a dish, although soaking beans will enable them to cook about 25 percent faster.
Soak the mushrooms in warm water for an hour until soft.
Dissolve 6-8 tablespoons of kosher or table salt in a large vessel filled with warm water and soak your feet in it for 20 to 60 minutes.
Take one cup of raw almonds (not roasted or salted) and soak in water overnight.