 soaking |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] wet through and through; thoroughly wet | |
| Synonyms: | soaked sodden saturated sopping drenched soppy | |
| Examples: | "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain" "a shirt saturated with perspiration" "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)" "the speaker's sodden collar" "soppy clothes" |
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| Related terms: | wet | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) | |
| Synonyms: | soakage soak | |
| Examples: | "a good soak put life back in the wagon" |
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| Related terms: | natural_process soak | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of making something completely wet | |
| Synonyms: | souse sousing drenching | |
| Examples: | "he gave it a good drenching" |
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| Related terms: | wetting drench | |
| 4. | [ adverb ] extremely | |
| Synonyms: | dripping sopping | |
| Examples: | "dripping wet," "soaking wet" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] (work) washing something by allowing it to soak | |
| Synonyms: | soak | |
| Related terms: | wash washing soak | |
| Similar spelling: |
soaking_up sousing soughing shaking socinus soughingly Sosinski sogginess |
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