To saturate or become saturated with liquid through immersion or absorption.
From Old English 'socian' meaning 'to steep, lie in liquid,' related to 'sucan' (to suck). The word has maintained its core meaning of liquid saturation for over a millennium.
The verb 'soak' led to the slang term for a heavy drinker because alcohol was thought to saturate the person like liquid soaks into a sponge - a metaphor that persists in 'soaked to the gills.'
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