soaking

soaking
1. verb
Present participle of soak.
2. noun
Immersed in water; a drenching or dunking.

1906 "We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains". — Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy, [ Chapter 2.]

Pertaining to things that soak, or become extremely wet.

1847 I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday. — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, [ Chapter 5.]


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  • Soaking — Soak ing, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. {Soak ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Soaking — Soaking. См. томление. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • soaking — soak|ing1 [ˈsəukıŋ US ˈsou ] adj also .soaking wet very wet ▪ a soaking wet towel soaking 2 soaking2 n if someone or something gets a soaking, they get very wet …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • soaking — soak|ing [ soukıŋ ] adjective extremely wet: My socks are soaking! soaking wet: You re soaking wet! …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • soaking — [[t]so͟ʊkɪŋ[/t]] ADJ If something is soaking or soaking wet, it is very wet. My face and raincoat were soaking wet. Syn: sopping …   English dictionary

  • soaking — UK [ˈsəʊkɪŋ] / US [ˈsoʊkɪŋ] adjective extremely wet My socks are soaking! soaking wet: You re soaking wet! …   English dictionary

  • soaking — adjective (also soaking wet) extremely wet. noun an act of soaking something …   English new terms dictionary

  • soaking — 1 also soaking wet adjective very wet: You re soaking! Come in and dry off. 2 noun (C) a soak 2 (2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Soaking — Soak Soak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soaking — adv. Soaking is used with these adjectives: ↑wet …   Collocations dictionary

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