Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SOAK
SOAK, v.i.
- To lie steeped in water or other fluid. Let the cloth lie and soak.
- To enter into pores or interstices. Water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
- To drink intemperately or gluttonously; to drench; as, a soaking club. [Low.] – Locke.
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