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soaking - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'soaking' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Soaking [ a.]
- Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
2 . Soaking [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Soak

Meaning of 'soaking' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . soaking [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
Example in sentence:
  • a good soak put life back in the wagon
Meaning (2):
- the act of making something completely wet
Example in sentence:
  • he gave it a good drenching
3 . soaking [ r]
Meaning (3):
- extremely wet
Example in sentence:
  • dripping wet;
  • soaking wet