soaked
adjective
[ səʊkt ]
• extremely wet; saturated.
• "he got absolutely soaked in the rain"
soak
verb
• make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.
• "soak the beans overnight in water"
Similar:
immerse,
steep,
submerge,
submerse,
dip,
sink,
dunk,
bathe,
wet,
rinse,
douse,
marinate,
souse,
pickle,
ret,
• impose heavy charges or taxation on.
• "VAT would not soak the rich—it would soak the everyday guy struggling to stay afloat"
• drink heavily.
• "you keep soaking in taverns"
Origin:
Old English socian ‘become saturated with a liquid by immersion’; related to sūcan ‘to suck’.
