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Meaning of Soak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
səʊk

Definitions

  1. An immersion in water etc.
  2. A drunkard.
    British, slang
  3. A carouse; a drinking session.
    slang
  4. A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
    Australia

Equivalents

Examples

“After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.”
“wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts”
“I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it.”
“Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take all their dirty clothes and wash them in the soak further down the river.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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