Please wipe up that mess before it soaks through the tablecloth.
•It's too late. The grape juice has soaked through the carpet into the mat.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
soak through something — ˈsoak into/through sth | soak ˈin derived (of a liquid) to enter or pass through sth • Blood had soaked through the bandage. Main entry: ↑soakderived … Useful english dictionary
soak into something — ˈsoak into/through sth | soak ˈin derived (of a liquid) to enter or pass through sth • Blood had soaked through the bandage. Main entry: ↑soakderived … Useful english dictionary
soak through — verb be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid • Syn: ↑sop • Derivationally related forms: ↑sop (for: ↑sop) • Hypernyms: ↑ooze through … Useful english dictionary
soak — soak1 S3 [səuk US souk] v [: Old English; Origin: socian] 1.) [I and T] if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean ▪ Soak the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
soak — [[t]so͟ʊk[/t]] soaks, soaking, soaked 1) VERB If you soak something or leave it to soak, you put it into a liquid and leave it there. [V n] Soak the beans for 2 hours... He turned off the water and left the dishes to soak. 2) VERB If a liquid… … English dictionary
soak — soak1 [ souk ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put something into a liquid and leave it there for a period of time: Leave the beans to soak overnight. soak something in something: She soaked the shirt in soapy water. 2. ) intransitive… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
soak — I UK [səʊk] / US [soʊk] verb Word forms soak : present tense I/you/we/they soak he/she/it soaks present participle soaking past tense soaked past participle soaked * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to put something into a liquid and leave it there… … English dictionary
soak — I. verb Etymology: Middle English soken, from Old English socian; akin to Old English sūcan to suck Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to lie immersed in liquid (as water) ; become saturated by or as if by immersion 2. a. to enter or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
soak — [sōk] vt. [ME soken < OE socian < base of sucan: see SUCK] 1. to make thoroughly wet; drench or saturate [soaked to the skin by the rain] 2. to submerge or keep in a liquid, as for thorough wetting, softening, for hydrotherapy, etc. 3. a)… … English World dictionary
soak — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if you soak something or let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean: Soak the beans overnight. | leave sth to soak: Just leave the dishes to soak;… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
soak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wet, drench, saturate, steep; absorb; permeate; drink, tipple; slang, overcharge, bleed. See water, moisture, dryness, drinking, dearness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To drench] Syn. drench, wet,… … English dictionary for students
