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- [sohk]
- /soʊk/
- /ˈsəʊ.kɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sohk]
- /soʊk/
Definitions of soaking word
- verb without object soaking to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid. 1
- verb without object soaking to pass, as a liquid, through pores, holes, or the like: The rain soaked through the tear in the umbrella. 1
- verb without object soaking to be thoroughly wet. 1
- verb without object soaking to penetrate or become known to the mind or feelings (followed by in): The lesson didn't soak in. 1
- verb without object soaking Informal. to drink immoderately, especially alcoholic beverages: They were soaking at the bar. 1
- verb with object soaking to place or keep in liquid in order to saturate thoroughly; steep. 1
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Origin of soaking
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English soken, Old English sōcian; akin to suck
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Soaking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
soaking popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
soaking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for soaking
adj soaking
- aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
- damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- dewy — Something that is dewy is wet with dew.
- drizzly — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.
- irriguous — well-watered, as land.
noun soaking
- bath — A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- douche — a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
- fomentation — encouragement of discord, rebellion, etc.; instigation.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
adjective soaking
- moist — moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- waterlogged — so filled or flooded with water as to be heavy or unmanageable, as a ship.
- wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- wettish — Somewhat wet; damp, moist.
- wringing — to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
Antonyms for soaking
noun soaking
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- dematerialization — The act or process of dematerializing.
- evaporation — The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
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