Verb

(hik)

To take a long walk for pleasure or exercise.

Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow.

To unfairly or suddenly raise a price.

(American football) To snap the ball to start a play.

(nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.

To pull up or tug upwards sharply.

She hiked her skirt up.

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

* Bible, (w) xxiv. 7

Their land shall be soaked with blood.

(label) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

(label) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.

* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)

The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.

(label) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up )

* {{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}

To drink intemperately or gluttonously.

(label) To heat a metal before shaping it.

To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.

(label) To absorb; to drain.