soak

/səʊk/ verb [I, T]

Translation

PUT IN LIQUID › If you soak something, or let it soak, you put it in a liquid for a period of time.

ıslanmak, ıslatmak

He left the pan in the sink to soak. Soak the bread in the milk.1277

MAKE WET › If liquid soaks somewhere or soaks something, it makes something very wet.

ıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek

The rain soaked my clothes. The ink soaked through the paper onto the table.15151277

soak sth up phrasal verb

› If a dry substance soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance.

emmek, çekmek

Fry the potatoes until they soak up all the oil.1277

(Definition of soak verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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