Definition of Soaks

1. Noun. (plural of soak) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of soak) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soaks

1. soak [v] - See also: soak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soaks

soakages
soakaway
soakaways
soakcrust
soaked
soaked to the bone
soaked to the skin
soaken
soaker
soakers
soaking
soaking up
soaking wet
soakingly
soakings
soaks (current term)
soakt
soal
soals
soam
soams
soap
soap-opera
soap-operatic
soap-rock
soap-weed
soapUI
soap bubble
soap bubbles
soap dish

Literary usage of Soaks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book on Trade Waste Waters: Their Nature and Disposal by H. Maclean Wilson, Harry Thornton Calvert (1913)
"The skins, pelts, kips, or hides, as they are variously named, are first steeped and washed in pits of water—the "soaks." In the case of fresh hides this is ..."

2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"But as the acid soaks away the ink it is followed by the copper solution, and a coating of metallic copper is deposited within the ..."

3. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"MILD CHEMICALS IN soaks A SAVING. The chemical used for this purpose should be ... The use of a mild chemical in the soaks is saving annually to the tanners ..."

4. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1911)
"They were the origin of the soaks. Senator PEARCE.—That is so; the Government made dams at the foot of the rocks, and the rocks acted as a roof and a ..."

5. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"Such qualities alone phenomena of life and character, selected ter which soaks it with ... soaks ..."

6. Diary of a Daly Débutante: Being Passages from the Journal of a Member of by Dora Knowlton Thompson Ranous (1910)
"Then he calmly gets up, walks over to a bucket of water and soaks his hair dripping wet, afterward dipping his face and arms into it so that they will drip ..."

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