| immerse | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into.; "Immerse yourself in hot water" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
| ~ dip | plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container.; "He dipped into his pocket" |
| ~ dip | immerse in a disinfectant solution.; "dip the sheep" |
| ~ submerse, submerge | put under water.; "submerge your head completely" |
| ~ soak | submerge in a liquid.; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" |
| ~ sheathe | plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed.; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ drink in, drink | be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to.; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" |
| v. (contact) | 3. bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. immerse, plunge | cause to be immersed.; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| soaking | | |
| n. (process) | 1. soak, soakage, soaking | the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).; "a good soak put life back in the wagon" |
| ~ natural action, natural process, action, activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).; "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| n. (act) | 2. drenching, soaking, souse, sousing | the act of making something completely wet.; "he gave it a good drenching" |
| ~ wetting | the act of making something wet. |
| n. (act) | 3. soak, soaking | washing something by allowing it to soak. |
| ~ lavation, washing, wash | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). |
| adv. | 4. dripping, soaking, sopping | extremely wet.; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" |
| immerse | | |
| marinate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. marinade, marinate | soak in marinade.; "marinade herring" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ steep, infuse | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" |
| soak | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. soak | submerge in a liquid.; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" |
| ~ immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into.; "Immerse yourself in hot water" |
| v. (possession) | 2. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze | obtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| v. (change) | 3. douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse | cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.; "souse water on his hot face" |
| ~ wet | cause to become wet.; "Wet your face" |
| ~ brine | soak in brine. |
| ~ bedraggle, draggle | make wet and dirty, as from rain. |
| ~ bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments.; "bate hides and skins" |
| ~ ret | place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue. |
| ~ sluice, flush | irrigate with water from a sluice.; "sluice the earth" |
| v. (possession) | 4. hock, pawn, soak | leave as a guarantee in return for money.; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ consign, charge | give over to another for care or safekeeping.; "consign your baggage" |
| v. (contact) | 5. soak | beat severely. |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| v. (consumption) | 6. inebriate, intoxicate, soak | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks). |
| ~ affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| ~ fuddle, befuddle | make stupid with alcohol. |
| v. (consumption) | 7. hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse | become drunk or drink excessively. |
| ~ booze, drink, fuddle | consume alcohol.; "We were up drinking all night" |
| v. (change) | 8. imbue, soak | fill, soak, or imbue totally.; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" |
| ~ steep, infuse | let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" |
| ~ brew | sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor.; "the tea is brewing" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| v. (change) | 9. soak | heat a metal prior to working it. |
| ~ heat, heat up | make hot or hotter.; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" |
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