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Webster 1913 Edition
Soaking
Soak′ing
,Adj.
Wetting thoroughly; drenching;
– as, a
. soaking
rainSoak′ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Soaking
SOAKING
, ppr.1.
Steeping; macerating; drenching; imbibing.2.
a. That wets thoroughly; as a soaking rain.Definition 2024
soaking
soaking
English
Verb
soaking
- present participle of soak
Noun
soaking (plural soakings)
- Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
- 1906 "We came on a wild-goose chase", grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. "Got nothing but a soaking for our pains". — Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy, Chapter 2.
Adjective
soaking (comparative more soaking, superlative most soaking)
- Extremely wet; saturated.
- 1847 I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday. — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter 5.