[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.", "to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like:The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella.Synonyms: seep", "to be thoroughly wet:Her shoes and socks were soaking and her feet were freezing.", "to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed byin):The lesson didn't soak in.Synonyms: seep", "Informal.to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages:They were soaking at the bar."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep .", "to wet thoroughly; saturate or drench.Antonyms: dry", "to permeate thoroughly, as liquid or moisture does.Synonyms: penetrate , infuse", "Metallurgy.to heat (a piece) for reworking.", "Informal.to intoxicate (oneself ) by drinking an excess of liquor.", "Slang.to beat hard; punish severely:I was soaked for that mistake.", "to extract or remove by or as by soaking (often followed byout):to soak a stain out of a napkin.", "Slang.to overcharge:He was soaked by the waiter."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act or state of soaking or the state of being soaked.", "the liquid in which anything is soaked.", "Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated; a heavy drinker.", "Australian.any small area of land, as near a spring or at the foot of a hill, that becomes swamplike or holds water after a period of heavy rain."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to absorb or take in or up by absorption:Blotting paper soaks up ink.to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in:to soak up information.Slang.to drink to excess:He can really soak up the booze.", "to absorb or take in or up by absorption:Blotting paper soaks up ink.", "to absorb with one's mind or senses; take in:to soak up information.", "Slang.to drink to excess:He can really soak up the booze."]}]