soak

soak
soak
A n
1 to give sth a soak GB faire or laisser tremper qch ; to have a soak [person] prendre un long bain ;
2 ○ (drunk) poivrot/-ote ○ m/f, ivrogne mf.
B vtr
1 (wet) tremper [person, clothes] ; to get soaked se faire tremper ;
2 (immerse) laisser or faire tremper [clothes, dried foodstuff] ;
3 ○ fig (drain) faire casquer ○ [customer, taxpayer].
C vi
1 (be immersed) tremper ; to leave sth to soak mettre qch à tremper [clothes] ;
2 (be absorbed) to soak into [water] être absorbé par [earth, paper, fabric] ; to soak through [blood] traverser [bandages] ; [rain] traverser, transpercer [coat].
D v refl to soak oneself (get wet) se tremper ; (in bath) prendre un long bain.
E soaked pp adj [person, clothes, shoes] trempé ; to be soaked through ou soaked to the skin être trempé jusqu'aux os.
F -soaked (dans composés) blood-soaked bandages des pansements imbibés de sang ; sweat-soaked trempé de sueur ; rain-soaked [pitch, track] détrempé ; sun-soaked ensoleillé.
Phrasal verbs
■ soak away [water] être absorbé.
■ soak in [water, ink] pénétrer ; let the stain remover soak in laisse le détachant pénétrer.
■ soak off :
▶ soak off [label, stamp] se décoller ; the label on the bottle soaks off l'étiquette se décolle quand on fait tremper la bouteille dans l'eau ;
▶ soak [sth] off, soak off [sth] décoller [qch] en le mouillant [label].
■ soak out :
▶ soak out [dirt, stain] partir ;
▶ soak [sth] out, soak out [sth] faire partir [qch] en le laissant tremper [stain].
■ soak up :
▶ soak [sth] up, soak up [sth] [earth, sponge] absorber, boire [water] ;
▶ soak up [sth] [person] s'imprégner de [atmosphere] ; to soak up the sun faire le plein ○ de soleil.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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