Definition

Verb: - To become completely and thoroughly wet or saturated with a liquid, often by the liquid passing or penetrating a material.

Usage

This verb describes the process where a liquid completely penetrates an object or material, making it thoroughly wet. It often implies a gradual or complete saturation. It is typically used in the active voice (e.g., "The water soaked through") or the passive voice (e.g., "I was soaked through").

Examples

• The heavy rain soaked through my jacket within minutes.
• If you spill juice on the table, it will soak through the paper and stain the wood.
• After walking in the storm, his clothes were completely soaked through.

Advanced Usage

• "to be soaked through": This is a common adjectival phrase describing a state of complete saturation.
  • By the time we found shelter, we were soaked through and shivering.

Variants and Related Words

• Soak (verb): To make something very wet, or to lie in a liquid.
  • Soak the beans in water overnight.
• Saturated (adjective): Holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed.
  • The ground was completely saturated after the flood.

Synonyms

• Permeate: To spread throughout something.
• Drench: To wet thoroughly.
• Saturate: To cause something to become thoroughly soaked.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Soak in/into: To be absorbed into something.
  • Apply the lotion and let it soak in for a few minutes.
• Soak up: To absorb a liquid, or to absorb information or an experience.
  • The towel soaked up all the spilled water.

Related Idioms

• Soaked to the skin: Extremely wet, with clothing wet through to the skin.
  • The sudden downpour left the hikers soaked to the skin.

Verb

1. be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid