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"soak" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often sot (3 letters).
Definitions
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Word origin
From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck.
Used in a sentence
“I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours.”
“Their land shall be soaked with blood.”
“Soak the beans overnight before cooking.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Saturate with liquid”4 letters
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