Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To soak (laundry) before washing.
- noun The act or an instance of presoaking.
- noun A liquid preparation in which laundry is presoaked.
- noun A cycle on an automatic washing machine for presoaking laundry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
soak laundry in cold water prior towashing , sometimes with the addition of abiological or other preparation - noun Such an initial soak
- noun A
preparation used in such a soak - noun A
cycle of awashing machine during which this occurs
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Examples
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After that we got a "presoak" spray before being whisked through machines with swishing vertical mops and spinning horizontal brushes.
In Search of a Clean Machine: Testing Four Car-Wash Chains 2009
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Teh presoak waz rather nice, but teh rapids were a bit much.
Is OK, dog - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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If you can, presoak the beans for a few hours, overnight or up to a day.
four cool things plus white bean stew | smitten kitchen 2008
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If you can, presoak the beans for a few hours, overnight or up to a day.
smitten kitchen | four cool things plus white bean stew | print template 2008
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It's as easy as can be: presoak a cup and a half of beans, saute garlic and onion in olive oil, add a chopped tomato—I use part of the can I opened a few days ago— and crushed dried rosemary and salt, mix in the drained beans and 3 cups of water, and let it simmer for an hour and a half.
Week 5 - Tuesday - New Ways with Old Favorites :: Rebecca Blood 2007
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Sometimes a presoak is all the extra help that is needed to get very dirty clothes clean.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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For colored fabrics and whites that cannot be chlorine bleached, soak in oxygen bleach or an enzyme presoak product, then launder.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Diapers should be laundered only with other diapers, using a presoak and sometimes a double wash as well.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Some machines alternate intervals of stillness and gentle agitating during the presoak.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The cooler the water temperature, the longer you should wash/agitate the clothes and the more important is a presoak.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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