soaking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: soaking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for soaking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soaking adv extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping] n 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" Synonym(s): soak, soakage, soaking the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" Synonym(s): drenching, soaking, souse, sousing washing something by allowing it to soak Synonym(s): soak, soaking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soaking \Soak"ing\, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- {Soak"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.