Meaning of SOAKING
| Pronunciation: | | s'owking
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- [n] washing something by allowing it to soak
- [n] the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"
- [n] 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"
- [adv] extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"
- [adj] wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "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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| | Synonyms: | | drenched, drenching, dripping, saturated, soak, soak, soakage, soaked, sodden, sopping, sopping, soppy, souse, sousing, wet |
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| | See Also: | | action, activity, lavation, natural action, natural process, wash, washing, wetting | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Soak"ing\, a.
Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. --
{Soak"ing*ly}, adv.
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