Past tense of soak
regular verb
The past tense of soak is soaked. The past participle is also soaked.
Forms of soak
| Base form (V1) | soak /səʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | soaked /səʊkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | soaked /səʊkt/ |
| Present participle | soaking |
| Third person singular | soaks |
Soaked in a sentence
- The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.
- I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university.
- They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.From the entry downpour
- The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread.From the entry disinfectant
- His boots were so completely soaked that they sloshed when he walked.From the entry slosh
Meaning of soak
- verb To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- verb To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- verb To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
Questions about the past tense of soak
- What is the past tense of soak?
- The past tense of soak is soaked.
- What is the past participle of soak?
- The past participle of soak is soaked.
- Is soak a regular or irregular verb?
- Soak is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: soak (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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