different between soak vs bathe

English

Etymology

From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *suk?n? (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *s?kan? (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: s?k, IPA^(key): /s??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) enPR: s?k, IPA^(key): /so?k/
• Rhymes: -o?k
• Homophone: soke

Verb

soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)

1. (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
2. (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

3. (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
4. (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
5. (figuratively, transitive) To take money from.
   • 1928, Upton Sinclair, Boston

     It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.

6. (slang, dated) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
7. (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
8. (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.

9. (figuratively, transitive) To absorb; to drain.

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Translations

Verb

soak (third-person singular simple present soaks, present participle soaking, simple past and past participle soaked)

1. (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.

Noun

soak (plural soaks)

1. An immersion in water etc.

   After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath.

2. (slang, Britain) A drunkard.
3. (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
4. (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 38:

     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.

   • 1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 170:

     Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take all their dirty clothes and wash them in the soak further down the river.

Synonyms

• (drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Translations

Anagrams

• Kosa, koas, oaks, okas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zwak (“weak”), from Middle Dutch swac, from Old Dutch *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?soa?]
• Hyphenation: so?ak

Adjective

soak

1. (colloquial) weak.

   Synonym: lemah

Further reading

• “soak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *baþ?n? (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?th, IPA^(key): /be?ð/
• Rhymes: -e?ð

Verb

bathe (third-person singular simple present bathes, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

1. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
3. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

   We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

4. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

   She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.

   The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.

   The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

5. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.

   The room was bathed in moonlight.

   A dense fog bathed the city streets.
6. (intransitive) To sunbathe.

   The women bathed in the sun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• bath

Translations

Noun

bathe (plural bathes)

1. (Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

   I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

Translations

Anagrams

• beath, behat

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English b? þ?.

Determiner

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Conjunction

bathe

1. Alternative form of bothe (“both”)

Etymology 2

From Old English baþian.

Verb

bathe

1. Alternative form of bathen