soaking English

Meaning soaking meaning

What does soaking mean?

soaking

— noun (= soak) 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

— adverb (= dripping) extremely wet dripping wet soaking wet

— noun (= soak) washing something by allowing it to soak

— noun (= drenching) the act of making something completely wet he gave it a good drenching

Synonyms soaking synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as soaking?

soaking English » English

soak

drenching

dripping

sousing

sopping

saturation

maceration

wetting

souse

softening

soakage

dipping

wringing

wet and dirty

wet

steeping

stained

soaked

pinching lightly but painfully

permeation

penetration

overload

osmosis

muddy

moistening

marinating

loosening

immersing

hygro

humidity

fullness

drench

dirty

dipping object in water

dip

crumbling

Topics soaking topics

What do people use soaking to talk about?

Universe, creation Water

Wet

• What words describe something that is very wet?
  soaked soaking wet sopping wet wringing wet awash dripping sodden soggy saturated waterlogged be swimming in drenched doused