What does soaking mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. soak, soakage, soakingnoun

    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"

  2. drenching, soaking, souse, sousingnoun

    the act of making something completely wet

    "he gave it a good drenching"

  3. soak, soakingadverb

    washing something by allowing it to soak

  4. soaking, sopping, drippingadverb

    extremely wet

    "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"

Wiktionary

  1. soakingnoun

    Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.

  2. soakingadjective

    Extremely wet; saturated.

ChatGPT

  1. soaking

    Soaking is the process of fully immersing a substance or material in a liquid for a period of time in order to soften, clean, or absorb the liquid. This could refer to soaking dishes in soapy water to wash them, soaking beans overnight before cooking, or soaking up water with a sponge. The purpose and duration of soaking often depends on the specific context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Soaking

    of Soak

  2. Soakingadjective

    wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of soaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of soaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of soaking in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    It looked like he just came out of a swimming pool. He was soaking wet, he's a meltdown guy. I mean I look at him, he's just pouring sweat. ... We need somebody that doesn't sweat.

  2. Haley Huggins:

    Specifically for waterproof gear, you would start to feel water coming in shoulders, where the rain would be hitting you, if you can feel that water is not rolling off or wicking away, or if it’s soaking into the fabric, then you know it’s time for a DWR treatment.

  3. Roberto Larios:

    I'm home grown, and to be honest, that's the best avenue -- to be in the trenches learning from the bottom up and soaking in the company's culture while learning valuable lessons.

  4. Larry Hogan:

    Right now, Asa Hutchinson have Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis at the top of the field soaking up all the oxygen, getting all the attention, and then a whole lot of the rest of us in single digits. And the more of them Asa Hutchinson have, the less chance Asa Hutchinson have for somebody rising up.

  5. Avital Eisenberg:

    My son missed his medication window. Thank God he didn’t have a seizure. He was sitting there in a soaking wet diaper because I couldn’t change him during the whole thing, my daughter is going crazy from all this it was a terrible terrible experience to go through let alone someone with a special needs child.

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