verb

• (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
  "I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours."
• (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
  "Soak the beans overnight before cooking."
• (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
  "The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet."
• (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
  "A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture."

verb

• (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
  "Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters?"

noun

• (slang, British) A drunkard.
• (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
• (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
  "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."