soaking

soak

 (sōk)

v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks

v.tr.

1.

a. To immerse in liquid for a period of time: Soak the beans in water before cooking.

b. To make thoroughly wet or saturated: I soaked the flowers with the hose. We got soaked by the rain.

2.

a. To absorb (liquid, for example) through pores or interstices: Use the bread to soak up the gravy.

b. To be exposed to: went to the beach to soak up the sun.

c. Informal To experience or take in mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the music scene.

3. To remove (a stain, for example) by continued immersion: soaked out the grease spots.

4. Informal

a. To drink (alcoholic liquor), especially to excess.

b. To make (a person) drunk.

5. Slang To charge (a person) an inordinate amount for something: people were getting soaked during the gas shortage.

v.intr.

1. To be immersed in liquid: The beans are soaking.

2.

a. To seep into or permeate something: Water soaked into the soil.

b. To be taken in mentally: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.

3. Slang To drink to excess.

n.

1. The act or process of soaking: had a long soak in the bath.

2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.

3. Slang A drunkard.

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[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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soak′er n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soaking - 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" soak, soakage natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	2.	soaking - the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" drenching, sousing, souse wetting - the act of making something wet
	3.	soaking - washing something by allowing it to soak soak lavation, washing, wash - the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
Adv.	1.	soaking - extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" dripping, sopping

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soaking

adjective soaked, dripping, saturated, drenched, sodden, waterlogged, streaming, sopping, wet through, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, like a drowned rat, droukit or drookit (Scot.) My face and raincoat were soaking.

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Translations

رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل

promočený

drivende våd

durchnässt

csuromvizes

gegnblautur

ammollobagnatabagnato fradicio

drivende våtgjennombløt

premočen

sırılsıklam

湿透的

soaking

[ˈsəʊkɪŋ]

A. ADJ (also soaking wet) [person] → calado hasta los huesos, empapado; [object] → empapado, calado
by the time we got back we were soaking → cuando regresamos estábamos calados hasta los huesos or empapados
your shoes are soaking wet → tienes los zapatos empapados or calados
a soaking wet day → un día de muchísima lluvia

B. N (in liquid) → remojo m; [of rain] → diluvio m
to get a soaking → calarse hasta los huesos, empaparse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

soaking

[ˈsəʊkɪŋ] adj (also soaking wet) → trempé(e)
By the time we got back we were soaking → Nous sommes rentrés trempés.
Your shoes are soaking wet → Tes chaussures sont trempées.so-and-so [ˈsəʊənsəʊ]

pron (= unspecified person) → Untel(Unetelle)
Mr/Mrs so-and-so → Monsieur/Madame Untel

n (= bad or silly person)
the nasty little so-and-so → cet espèce de petit vicieux(cette)(e)/euse
the selfish so-and-so → cette espèce d'égoïste

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

soaking

adj person → klitschnass, patschnass; object also → triefend

adv soaking wet → triefend nass, klitschnass

n (= steeping) → Einweichen nt no indef art; to get a soaking → patschnass werden; to give something a soaking → etw einweichen

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soaking

[ˈsəʊkɪŋ] adj (also soaking wet) → bagnato/a fradicio/a

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soak

(səuk) verb

1. to (let) stand in a liquid. She soaked the clothes overnight in soapy water. week يَنْقَع في الماء (на)кисна pôr de molho namočit einweichen lægge i blød μουλιάζωremojar leotama, ligunema خيساندن liottaa faire tremper לְהַשרוֹת तर-बतर कर देना smočiti, namočiti (be)áztat; ázik merendam leggja/liggja í bleyti ammollare, mettere a mollo 浸す 담그다 mirkyti, įmerkti iemērkt; mērcēt merendam wekenlegge i bløt namaczać, moknąć خيشتول، لندول (لكه وريجې په اوبو كې): زبېښل، راښكل، جذبول. pôr de molho a înmuia замачивать namočiť namočiti natopiti blöta, lägga i blöt แช่ ıslatmak 浸泡 замочувати; занурювати в рідину پانی میں تر بتر ہونے دینا ngâm nhúng 浸泡

2. to make very wet. That shower has completely soaked my clothes. deurweek يُبَلِّل напоявам encharcar zmáčet durchtränken gennembløde μουσκεύωempaparse läbimärjaks kastma كاملا تر كردن kastella läpimäräksi tremper לְהַרטִיב में भिगोना promočiti átáztat membasahkan gegnbleyta inzuppare ずぶぬれにする 흠뻑 적시다 permerkti samērcēt membasahkan doorweken gjennombløyte, gjøre gjennomvåt moczyć ترک کول encharcar a uda промачивать namočiť, premočiť premočiti natopiti blöta ner, göra genomvåt (genomblöt) ทำให้เปียก ıslatmak, sırılsıklam etmek 濕透 змочувати گیلا کرنا làm ướt sũng 湿透

3. (with in, ~into, ~through etc) (of a liquid) to penetrate. The blood from his wound has soaked right through the bandage. deurweek, deurdrenk يَتَخَلَّل просмуквам (се) ensopar (pro)sáknout sickern trænge igennem ποτίζω, διαπερνώpenetrar imbuma نشت كردن imeytyä läpi pénétrer לְחַלחֵל भीग जाना probiti, prodrijeti átitat; átáztat; átvérzik meresap gegnvæta filtrare しみ出す (액체 등이) 스며나오다 persisunkti izsūkties []; iesūkties meresap doordrenken sive/trenge gjennom moczyć, przesiąkać نشست کول ensopar a trece просачиваться presiaknuť pronicati probiti tränga in/blöta (blöda) igenom ซึม içine işlemek, sızmak 滲透 вбирати; всмоктувати جذب ہو جانا ngấm qua 渗透

soaked adjective

(often with through). She got soaked (through) in that shower. deurweek يَخْتَرِق الماءُ الثِّياب мокър encharcado promočený durchnäßt gennemblødt τελείως βρεγμένος empapado läbimärg خيس likomärkä trempé מוּשרֶה भीगा हुआ, तर बतर mokar, smočen átázott basah rennblautur inzuppato, bagnato ずぶぬれの 젖은 permirkęs izmirkt [] basah kuyup doorweektgjennomvåt, klissvåt przemoczony خيشتول encharcado înmuiat промоченный premočený premočen natopljen genomblöt เปียกโชกไปทั้งตัว ıslanmış, sucuk gibi olmuş 濕透的 змокрілий بھیگ جانا hoàn toàn bị ướt đẫm 湿透的

-soaked

rain-soaked / blood-soaked clothing deurweekte مُبَلَّل напоен с encharcado de prosáklý durchnäßt -gennemblødt μουσκεμένος με empapado de... läbiligunenud -خيس märkä trempé רָטוּב מְאוֹד से भरा हुआ, में डूबा हुआ natopljen (čime) -áztatta basah oleh gegnblautur bagnato/inzuppato di －でぬれた -에 젖은 permirkęs izmircis; piesūcies bermandikan doordrenkt met -bløt, –våt, gjennomfuktet mokry od ... خیس encharcado de ud (de) промоченный presiaknutý premočen od... natopljen [regn]våt, -blöt, [blod]besudlad ซึ่งเปียก ... içinde, ...-den sırılsıklam olmuş 濕(滲)透的 намочений в чомусь کسی چیز میں تر بتر ngấm đầy cái gì 湿（渗）透的

ˈsoaking adjective

very wet. She took off her soaking garments. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل измокрен encharcado promočený durchnäßt drivende våd μουσκεμένος, υγρόςempapado tilkuv, läbimärg likomärkä trempéרטוב बहुत भीगा हुआ promočen, jako mokar csuromvizes(en) basah gegnblautur zuppo ずぶぬれの 흠뻑 젖은 permirkęs piemircis; slapjš; pilošs basah kuyup kletsnatgjennombløt, drivende våt ociekający ډير لانده encharcado muiat промокший premočený premočen mokar genomvåt, -blöt ซึ่งเปียกชุ่ม sırılsıklam 濕透的 дуже мокрий بہت گیلا ướt đẫm 湿透的

soaking wet

soaking; very wet. I've washed my hair and it's still soaking wet. druipnat رَطْب جِدا، مُبَلَّل вир вода encharcado mokrý tropfnaß drivende våd μούσκεμαempapado tilkuv, läbimärg خيسٍ خيس likomärkä trempé רָטוּב לְגַמרֵי बहुत गीला jako mokar bőrig ázott; csuromvizes basah kuyup gegnblautur zuppo, bagnato fradicio ずぶぬれの 매우 축축한 permirkęs, šlapias galīgi slapjš basah kuyup kletsnatgjennomvåt, drivende våt ociekający خیس خیس todo molhado muiat мокрый mokrý zelo moker skroz mokar genomvåt, -blöt ที่เปียกชุ่ม çok ıslak 濕淋淋的，濕透的 мокрий, як хлющ مکمل طور پر گیلا ướt đẫm 湿淋淋的，全身湿透的

soak up

to draw in or suck up; to absorb. You'd better soak that spilt coffee up with a cloth. opsuig, spons يَمتَص всмуквам absorver vysát aufwischen suge op; tørre op απορροφώ, μαζεύωabsorber imema, imama تو كشيدن؛ جذب كردن imeyttää absorber לִספּוֹג सोख लेना upiti, usisati felitat menyerap drekka í sig asciugare 吸い取る 흡수하다 sugerti iesūkt; uzsūkt; nosusināt mengelap opslorpen trekke/suge opp wchłaniać, ścierać جذبول absorver a absorbi промокать vysať vpijati pokupiti suga upp ซับ emmek 吸收(水等) промокати جذب کر لینا، چوس لینا thấm, ngấm 吸收（水等）

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