soaker

soak

S0520800 (sōk)v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks v.tr.1. a. To immerse in liquid for a period of time: Soak the beans in water before cooking.b. To make thoroughly wet or saturated: I soaked the flowers with the hose. We got soaked by the rain.2. a. To absorb (liquid, for example) through pores or interstices: Use the bread to soak up the gravy.b. To be exposed to: went to the beach to soak up the sun.c. Informal To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the music scene.3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.4. Informal a. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.b. To make (a person) drunk.5. Slang To charge (a person) an inordinate amount for something: people were getting soaked during the gas shortage.v.intr.1. To be immersed in liquid: The beans are soaking.2. a. To seep into or permeate something: Water soaked into the soil.b. To be taken in mentally: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.3. Slang To drink to excess.n.1. The act or process of soaking: had a long soak in the bath.2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.3. Slang A drunkard.

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[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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soak′er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soaker - a heavy rain downpour, pelter, torrent, cloudburst, deluge, waterspoutrain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
	2.	soaker - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habituallyalcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, sousedrunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker

Translations

sbevazzatore