Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 16 compound words that contain soak. The most common are listed below. Open soak in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- soak upTo absorb or draw in a substance, especially all of that substance.
- soak testA stress test in which a system is subjected to a significant load over a significant period of time, to discover how the system behaves under sustained use.
- soak awayTo soak into the ground.
- soak testsplural of soak test: A stress test in which a system is subjected to a significant load over a significant period of time, to discover how the system behaves under sustained use.
- water-soakTo soak (something) in water.
- soak the runnerTo throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).
- go soak your headSynonym of get bent: Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.
Compound words 16
- asoaksoaking
- soakySoaking wet; sopping; saturated.
- oversoakTo soak for too long.
- soakawayA deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
- resoakTo soak again.
- soakableSuitable for soaking.
- soakestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of soak
- soakeththird-person singular simple present indicative of soak: To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- soakersplural of soaker: One who, or that which, soaks.
- presoakTo soak in advance.