soaking
adjective
[ ˈsəʊkɪŋ ]
• extremely wet; wet through.
• "his jacket was soaking"
Similar:
drenched,
soaked,
soaked to the skin,
like a drowned rat,
wet through,
soaked through,
sodden,
soggy,
waterlogged,
saturated,
sopping (wet),
dripping (wet),
wringing (wet),
streaming,
soaking
noun
• an act of wetting something thoroughly.
• "in spring, give the soil a good soaking"
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’.
