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.) My face and raincoat were soaking.

Translations

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

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

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

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

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