SOAKING
soaking, sopping, dripping
(adverb) extremely wet; “dripping wet”; “soaking wet”
soak, soaking
(noun) washing something by allowing it to soak
drenching, soaking, souse, sousing
(noun) the act of making something completely wet; “he gave it a good drenching”
soak, soakage, soaking
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
soaking
present participle of soak
Noun
soaking (plural soakings)
Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
Adjective
soaking (comparative more soaking, superlative most soaking)
Extremely wet; saturated.
Source: Wiktionary
Soak"ing, a.
Definition: Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
– Soak"ing*ly, adv.
SOAK
Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] Etym:
[OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s, s, to suck. See Suck.]
1. 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.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxiv. 7.
3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge
soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.
4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with
through.
The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow.
Sir W. Scott.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Soak, v. i.
1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as,
let the cloth lie and soak.
2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks
into the earth or other porous matter.
3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition