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soaks
We have found lemma(root) word of soaks : soak.
Definitions
[səʊk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid
(e.g: soak the beans overnight in water)
- impose heavy charges or taxation on
(e.g: he is again vowing to soak the rich, as he has long threatened to do)
- drink heavily
(e.g: you keep soaking in taverns)
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’
[səʊk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time
(e.g: I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath)
- a heavy drinker
(e.g: his daughter stayed up to put the old soak to bed)
- a hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’
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