(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.

plural of soak

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of soak

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

A surname.

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.