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4 VERB If someone soaks , they spend a long time in a hot bath, because they enjoy it. □ [V ] What I need is to soak in a hot tub. ● N‑COUNT Soak is also a noun. □  I was having a long soak in the bath.

5 → see also soaked , soaking

▸  soak up

1 PHRASAL VERB If a soft or dry material soaks up a liquid, the liquid goes into the substance. □ [V P n] The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you soak up the atmosphere in a place that you are visiting, you observe or get involved in the way of life there, because you enjoy it or are interested in it. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] Keaton comes here once or twice a year to soak up the atmosphere. [Also V n P ]

3 PHRASAL VERB If something soaks up something such as money or other resources, it uses a great deal of money or other resources. □ [V P n] Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget. [Also V n P ]

soaked /soʊ kt/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If someone or something gets soaked or soaked through , water or some other liquid makes them extremely wet. □  I have to check my tent–it got soaked last night in the storm. □  We got soaked to the skin.

-soaked /-soʊkt/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -soaked combines with nouns such as 'rain' and 'blood' to form adjectives which describe someone or something that is extremely wet or extremely damp because of the thing mentioned. □  He trudged through the rain-soaked woods. □  …blood-soaked clothes.

soak|ing /soʊ k I ŋ/ ADJ If something is soaking or soaking wet , it is very wet. □  My face and raincoat were soaking wet.

so -and-so

1 PRON You use so-and-so instead of a word, expression, or name when you are talking generally rather than giving a specific example of a particular thing. [INFORMAL ] □  It would be a case of 'just do so-and-so and here's your cash'. □  In those days, the boss was respectfully addressed as Mr so-and-so.

2 N‑COUNT People sometimes refer to another person as a so-and-so when they are annoyed with them or think that they are foolish. People often use so-and-so in order to avoid using a swear word. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  All her fault, the wicked little so-and-so.

soap /soʊ p/ (soaps , soaping , soaped )

1 N‑VAR Soap is a substance that you use with water for washing yourself or sometimes for washing clothes. □  …a bar of lavender soap. □  …a large packet of soap powder. □  …a soap bubble.

2 VERB If you soap yourself , you rub soap on your body in order to wash yourself. □ [V pron-refl] She soaped herself all over.

3 N‑COUNT A soap is the same as a soap opera . [INFORMAL ]

soap|box /soʊ pbɒks/ (soapboxes )

1 N‑COUNT A soapbox is a small temporary platform on which a person stands when he or she is making a speech outdoors. □  He climbed aboard a soapbox to declaim against the evils of modern society.

2 N‑COUNT If you say that someone is on their soapbox , you mean that they are speaking or writing about something they have strong feelings about. □  We were interested in pushing forward certain issues and getting up on our soapbox about them.

soa p op|era (soap operas ) N‑COUNT A soap opera is a popular television drama series about the daily lives and problems of a group of people who live in a particular place.

soapy /soʊ pi/ (soapier , soapiest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is soapy is full of soap or covered with soap. □  Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.

soar /sɔː ^r / (soars , soaring , soared )