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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOAKING, ppr.
1. Steeping; macerating; drenching; imbibing.
2. a. That wets thoroughly; as a soaking rain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking]
2: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing]
3: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking] adv
1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soaking Soak"ing, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- Soak"ing*ly, adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is soaking or soaking wet, it is very wet. My face and raincoat were soaking wet. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Steeping, macerating. 2. Imbibing, drinking. 3. Wetting, drenching, saturating.

Moby Thesaurus

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