1.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.
2.To drench; to wet thoroughly. "Their land shall be soaked with blood."
3.To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4.To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; often with through. "The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow."
5.Fig.: To absorb; to drain. (Obs.)
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