[səʊk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid
(e.g: soak the beans overnight in water)

- impose heavy charges or taxation on
(e.g: he is again vowing to soak the rich, as he has long threatened to do)

- drink heavily
(e.g: you keep soaking in taverns)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’

[səʊk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of immersing someone or something in liquid for a period of time
(e.g: I'm looking forward to a long soak in the bath)

- a heavy drinker
(e.g: his daughter stayed up to put the old soak to bed)

- a hollow where rainwater collects; a waterhole


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’