adj
Meaning 1
Extremely wet; saturated.
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Standard Lemma guide
soaking
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adj
Meaning 2
Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.
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noun
Meaning 3
Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by Mormons in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of soak
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adverb
Meaning 6
extremely wet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dripping wet
- soaking wet
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Synonyms: sopping, dripping
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noun
Meaning 7
washing something by allowing it to soak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: soak
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Broader terms: wash, washing, lavation
noun
Meaning 8
the act of making something completely wet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he gave it a good drenching
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drenching, souse, sousing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wetting
noun
Meaning 9
the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a good soak put life back in the wagon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soak, soakage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: likomärkä — extremely wet
- Finnish: litimärkä — extremely wet
- Italian: zuppo — extremely wet
- Italian: fradicio — extremely wet
- Italian: bagnato fradicio — extremely wet
- Norwegian Bokmål: klissvåt — extremely wet
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjennomvåt — extremely wet
- Scottish Gaelic: bog fliuch — extremely wet