soak in

verb

To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)

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Meanings

verbsoak in (third-person singular simple present soaks in, present participle soaking in, simple past and past participle soaked in)

present singular third person soaks in · participle present soaking in · participle past soaked in · past soaked in

  1. To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)
  2. To spend time experiencing something

    Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.

    2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian

Origin

Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”).

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APA

soak in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soak%20in

MLA

“soak in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soak%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soak in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soak%20in.

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