{
    "term": "soak",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "soak",
            "heSheIt": "soaks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "soaked",
        "pastParticiple": "soaked",
        "ingForm": "soaking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put something in liquid for a time so that it becomes completely wet; to become completely wet in this way",
            "sensetop": "soak something (in something)soak something with somethingsoak (in something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I usually soak the beans overnight.",
                    "contextForm": "soak something (in something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you soak the tablecloth before you wash it, the stains should come out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He soaked the cloth with petrol.",
                    "contextForm": "soak something with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Leave the apricots to soak for 20 minutes.",
                    "contextForm": "soak (in something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to go and soak in the bath."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soak the clothes in cold water."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "thoroughly", "overnight"],
                "verb + soak": ["leave something to", "let something"],
                "preposition": ["in", "into", "through"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something completely wet",
            "sensetop": "soak somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A sudden shower of rain soaked the spectators."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "drench",
            "topics": ["Weather"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to enter or pass through something",
            "sensetop": "soak through somethingsoak into something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Blood had soaked through the bandage.",
                    "contextForm": "soak through something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain had soaked through every layer of his clothing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Water dripped off the table and soaked into the carpet.",
                    "contextForm": "soak into something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to obtain a lot of money from somebody by making them pay very high taxes or prices",
            "sensetop": "soak somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was accused of soaking his clients."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊk/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soak__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊks/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊkt/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaking__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊk/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soak__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊks/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊkt/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "so/soak/soaking__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’."
}