Index of English words, starting with "so"

(1) - So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
(2) - So (conj.) Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.
(3) - So (adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.
(4) - So (adv.) Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?
(5) - So (adv.) Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
(6) - So (adv.) It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.
(7) - So (adv.) The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.
(8) - So (adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.
(9) - So (adv.) Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.
(10) - So (adv.) In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.
(11) - So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
(12) - So (adv.) In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known.

(1) - So-called (a.) So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

(1) - So-so (adv.) Tolerably; passably.
(2) - So-so (a.) Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.

(1) - Soak (v. i.) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
(2) - Soak (v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.
(3) - Soak (v. i.) To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.
(4) - Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To absorb; to drain.
(5) - Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
(6) - Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
(7) - Soak (v. t.) To drench; to wet thoroughly.
(8) - Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.