soakest

Verb

soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)

1. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
   • I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.
2. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
   • Soak the beans overnight before cooking.
3. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
   • The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet.

   Synonyms:

   imbue

4. (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
   • A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
   • It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston, New York, N.Y.: Albert & Charles Boni, page 337

   Synonyms:

   fleece

6. (dated, slang) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

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