(chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.

One who, or that which, soaks. / (slang) A person suffering from alcoholism. / A kind of knitted woollen diaper. / A kind of perforated hose used to distribute drips of water to a number of plants.

(US) Initialism of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, officially titled the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002

Initialism of state of the art. / (electronics) Initialism of Semiconductor optical amplifier, a device that amplifies an optical signal directly.

(baseball, slang, 1800s) To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).

Drenched with water, or other liquid. / (slang, Britain) Very drunk; inebriated.

simple past tense and past participle of soak

Extremely wet; saturated. / Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.

Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

present participle of soak