soaking

soak /sǝƱk/ v

၁။ ~ (sth) (in sth) စိမ်သည်။ နှစ်သည်။
Leave the dried beans to soak overnight. ❍ Those dirty dishes need to soak in soapy water for a while. ❍ You'd better soak those jeans first or you'll never get them clean. ❍ soak bread in milk.
၂။ ~ into/through sth; ~ in (ရေ၊ အရည်) စိမ့်ထွက်သည်၊ စိမ့်ဝင်သည်။ The rain had soaked through his coat. ❍ Clean up that wine on the carpet before it soaks in.
၃။ (infml ) (ဗန်း) ရိတ်သည်။ soak the rich.
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၁။ (also soaking ) ရေစိမ်ခြင်း။ Give the shirt a good soak/soaking.
၂။ (infml ) ယစ်ထုတ်။ ငမူး။ He’s a dreadful old soak.
❏ soaked /sǝƱkt / adj ရွှဲရွှဲစို[သော]။ My clothes are completely soaked ❍ blood-soaked bodies ❍ We were caught in the rain and got soaked through/soaked to the skin.
❏ soaking /'sǝƱkÇŋ / (also soaking wet ) adj ရွှဲရွှဲစိုသော။ a soaking wet coat.
❏ soak sth off/out [PHRV ] ရေစိမ်၍ခွာသည်၊ အစွန်းအထင်း ချွတ်သည်။ soak out a stain from a shirt ❍ soak a label off a jar.
❏ soak sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ စုပ်ယူသည်။ Use a paper towel to soak up the cooking oil.
၂။ အရသာခံသည်။ နစ်မျောသည်။ soaking up the sunshine/the local atmosphere ❍ He watched the film intently, soaking it all up.