Word Meaning

Meaning of soaks

- To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.
- To drench; to wet thoroughly.
- To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
- To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
- Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
- To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
- To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
- To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

Crossword clue for soaks

- Drench
- Immerse
- Make very wet
- Rip-off
- Steep
- Steep overnight
- Submerge in a liquid
- Drenches
- Saturates
- Wets through and through