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

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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

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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

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