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Meanings of soaks into in English

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Usage of soaks into in English
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Rain falls, the water soaks into the earth, and becomes a spring.
Down with the Cities!
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When he walks across the tarmac the dampness soaks into his shoes.
The eye of the leopard
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The heat soaks into weary bodies, soothing tired muscles and minds.
BBC
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Much juice soaks into the paper, which causes a loss of flavor and nutriment.
Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them (1918)
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The plant food in the manure soaks into the soil and immediately reaches the root-hairs.
Agriculture for Beginners / Revised Edition
6
When you're there peace oozes out of you and soaks into me all the time.
Mary Olivier: a Life
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That's when the heat just soaks into the concrete and glass and waits there until morning.
Phoenix noir
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Go on, before it soaks into the carpet!
The golden compass
9
The stink soaks into their clothes and hair.
Haunted: a novel of stories
10
Some of it soaks into the rocks, but the greater part is evaporated into the dry air.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
11
The liquid which passes into the pail soaks into this lining, which thus forms the deodorizing medium.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884
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It sort of soaks into your dreams.
Bull Hunter
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How many times have I got to tell you a thing before it soaks into your mind?
Jean of the Lazy A
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Seeping through the mantle of waste, ground water soaks into the pores and crevices of the underlying rock.
The Elements of Geology
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Wisdom is dew, which, while we know it not, soaks into us, refreshes us, and makes us grow.
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It soaks into the polyethylene plastic base all the way to the wood or graphite core of the ski.
Wired
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United Kingdom
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