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verb

Soak v. t. (past & past part. soaked; pres. part. soaking)

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.

To drench; to wet thoroughly. "Their land shall be soaked with blood."

To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; often with through. "The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow."

Fig.: To absorb; to drain. (Obs.)

Soak v. i.

To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter.

To drink intemperately or gluttonously. (Slang)

adjective

Soaking adj. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.

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Etymology of 'Soaking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Soaking" Quotes from Famous Books

... were abundant in September and until there were heavy night frosts, when they would leave for milder regions. For several years my father baited pigeons, and caught them in a net. To do this we were in the bough-house by daylight. A wicked advantage was taken by soaking the grain in anise-seed cordial, which made the birds noisy and active, thus attracting other pigeons to the stand. The device of taking pigeons in a net and wringing their necks is a brutal business, as is ...

— Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 • George Boutwell

... hardest one south of the Arctic, for we travelled steadily for twelve hours with a head-wind and driving snow which rendered progress slow and laborious. Finally, reaching the povarnia of Kurtas[37] in a miserable condition, with frost-bitten faces and soaking furs, we scraped away the snow inside the crazy shelter and kindled a fire, for no food had passed our lips for sixteen hours. But time progressed, and there were no signs of the provision-sled which, as usual, ...

— From Paris to New York by Land • Harry de Windt

... short flannels and started. The tree was by no means steady—it rolled and shook under his weight; but, as the worst that could happen would be a good soaking, he did not worry overmuch, and soon slid off into the shallow stream. As he had predicted, the water there barely reached to his knees. He scrutinized the ever-widening circle, now faint and irregular, and, calculating ...

— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton

... enemy's light cavalry joined the infantry before nightfall in their position near Mount St. Jean and Waterloo. Rain had fallen for a time during the afternoon of the battle, and now at four o'clock it again began to come down heavily, soaking the troops ...

— One of the 28th • G. A. Henty

... of transparency by filling the pores with fluid is seen by soaking white paper in oil; which from an opake body becomes very transparent, and accounts for a curious atmospheric phenomenon; when there exists a dry mist in a morning so as to render distant objects less distinct, it is a sign of a dry day; when distant objects are seen very distinct, ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

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