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[səuk] 1. vt( drench) przemoczyć ( perf); ( steep in water) namaczać (namoczyć perf)2. viPhrasal Verbs:- soak in- soak up* * *[səuk]1) (to (let) stand in a liquid: She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water.) namaczać, moknąć2) (to make very wet: That shower has completely soaked my clothes.) moczyć3) ((with in, into, through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate: The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage.) moczyć, przesiąkać•- soaked- - soaked
- soaking
- soaking wet
- soak up
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drench — [v] wet thoroughly deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem; concept 256 Ant. dry, parch … New thesaurus