soaking

soak  (sk)

v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks

v.tr.

1.

a. To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid.

b. To immerse in liquid for a period of time.

2. To absorb (liquid, for example) through or as if through pores or interstices.

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

4. Informal To take in or accept mentally, especially eagerly and easily: soaked up the gossip.

5. Informal

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

b. To make (a person) drunk.

6. Slang To overcharge (a person).

v.intr.

1. To be immersed until thoroughly saturated.

2. To penetrate or permeate; seep: The speaker paused to let her words soak in.

3. Slang To drink to excess.

n.

1.

a. The act or process of soaking.

b. The condition of being soaked.

2. Liquid in which something may be soaked.

3. Slang A drunkard.

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[Middle English soken, from Old English socian; see seu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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soaker n.

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.

Translations

soaking [ˈsəukɪŋ] adj (also: soaking wet) → calado or empapado (hasta los huesos or el tuétano)

soaking [ˈsəukɪŋ] soak adj (also: soaking wet) → trempé(e)

soaking [ˈsəukɪŋ] soak adj (also: soaking wet) → patschnass

soaking [ˈsəukɪŋ] adj (also: soaking wet) → fradicio/a