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Plural of soak

regular plural

The plural of soak is soaks.

Forms of soak

Singularsoak /səʊk/
Pluralsoaks
Countablecountable

Soaks in a sentence

  • A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
  • Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.From the entry through
  • Alternating hot and cold soaks is great for relieving swelling in the feet and legs.1995, Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci, Jennifer Haigh, Sid Kirchheimer, Jean Callahan, “Hydrotherapy: The Everyday Miracle of Water”, in…. From the entry footbath
  • It is almost impossible to sleep on the floor, because the damp soaks up from below.1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, London: Victor Gollancz, Part 1, Chapter 4, pp. 62-63. From the entry wringing wet
  • In some parts the oil soaks through river alluvia and forms small goudron deposits.1906, The Petroleum Review ..., page 156. From the entry goudron

Meaning of soak

  1. verb To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
  2. verb To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
  3. verb To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

Full definition of soak

Questions about the plural of soak

What is the plural of soak?
The plural of soak is soaks.
Is soak countable?
Soak is a countable noun.

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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