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To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid.
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To immerse in liquid for a period of time.
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To absorb (liquid, for example) through or as if through pores or interstices.
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To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.
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Informal To take in or accept mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the gossip.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.