Soak

sōk, v.t. to steep in a fluid: to wet thoroughly: to drench: to draw in by the pores.— v.i. to be steeped in a liquid: to enter into pores: to drink to exce , to guzzle.— n. proce or act of soaking: a hard drinker, a carouse.— ns. Soak′age , act of soaking: the amount soaked in; Soak′er , a habitual drunkard.— p.adj. Soak′ing , that wets thoroughly: drenching, as rain.— adv. Soak′ingly .— adj. Soak′y , steeped, wet. [A.S. súcan , to suck, pa.t. seác , pa.p. socen .]