soaks in English

verb
1
make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
soak the beans overnight in water
2
impose heavy charges or taxation on.
few of us common people care how much tax Congress soaks on racing motorboats
noun
1
an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time.
I'm looking forward to a long soak in the tub

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1. That child soaks up new facts like a sponge!

2. Absorbent definition: Absorbent material soaks up liquid easily

3. The dampness soaks through the tattered camouflage suit.

4. Clean up that wine before it soaks in.

5. Above this floor, rain soaks down to recharge an aquifer.

6. I think she soaks them in ice water... before she comes by.

7. While daikon soaks, toss shrimp with oil and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

8. 19 Above this floor, rain soaks down to recharge an aquifer.

9. The longer we stay, the deeper the cold and damp soaks into our bones.

10. Synonyms for Bedews include dampens, moistens, damps, showers, soaks, sprays, sprinkles, waters, wets and besprinkles

11. The Coarse grain is great for bath salts, foot soaks and body scrubs

12. Synonyms for Bathes include soaks, drenches, souses, douses, wets, sops, drowns, waterlogs, soddens and washes

13. It soaks in through the ground and deposits itself in the rocks within these caves.

14. Most feature networks of high-power resistors, and purely resistive Attenuators are sometimes referred to as power soaks.

15. Balneotherapy is the medical term for the use of baths or soaks to treat injuries or illnesses

16. A stable soil soaks up water, and allows acid to break up bedrock and create more soil.

17. Verb If something Absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in

18. Balneotherapy is the medical term for the use of baths or soaks to treat injuries or illnesses

19. That is when the infant brain absorbs these abilities or qualities as a sponge soaks up water.

20. It was the wickedness that soaks into your blood and slowly heats up and begins to boil.

21. The adjective Bibulous describes something that is highly absorbent, like a towel or sponge that soaks up liquid well

22. Whether you prefer to shower or enjoy long soaks in the tub, a Bath mat is a necessary bathroom accessory

23. Synonyms for Absorbs include imbibes, soaks up, sucks up, takes up, devours, drinks, receives, sponges, consumes and ingests

24. The Arborio rice soaks up some of the broth (yum) and also thickens it with its relatively high starch content

25. His brain fairly soaks up the sounds and meanings of words, so that before long the tot is expressing himself quite adeptly, perhaps incessantly.

26. Needing fuel for his efforts, the silverback soaks in a swamp for hours, methodically stripping and rinsing dirt from herb roots before munching.

27. This is an analysis of the poem Anacreontics, Drinking that begins with: THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again;

28. A trifle made with jelly might be more appealing to children, and many adults love it too, because as it soaks into the cake, it gives it more texture

29. “100 Boyfriends” follows his short film, “100 Boyfriends Mixtape.” For eight minutes, Purnell talks on the phone while he soaks in a bath, shrink-fitting a pair of shoplifted jeans

30. Boricuas In The House: New Music From Puerto Rico : Alt.Latino This week, Alt.Latino talks to great music journalists on the island and soaks up some new music.

31. (Proverbs 15:28) How vital it is that our words be like a gentle rain that soaks the ground and is beneficial, not like an unwelcome torrent that sweeps away everything in its path!

32. An entirely different proposition to the stripped-down rock & roll of In The Pines, Calenture was to be The Triffids most ambitious album, not least in terms of production, which was handled by Gil Norton (later to work with The Pixies and Foo Fighters) who soaks everything in glistening '80s chorus and reverb