to cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.-to drench; to wet thoroughly.-to draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.-to make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.-fig.: to absorb; to drain.-to lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.-to enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.-to drink intemperately or gluttonously.