What does soaking mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
drenching, soaking, souse, sousingnoun
the act of making something completely wet
"he gave it a good drenching"
soak, soakingadverb
washing something by allowing it to soak
soaking, sopping, drippingadverb
extremely wet
"dripping wet"; "soaking wet"
Wiktionary
soakingnoun
Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.
soakingadjective
Extremely wet; saturated.
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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
Soaking
of Soak
Soakingadjective
wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of soaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of soaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of soaking in a Sentence
It’s soaking up the whole experience while you’re there, it’s going to be an attraction in itself.
Clive and I had all this gear on, and there was a rain machine, and when the gear gets wet it gets heavy, and we were cold and soaking and had sand stuck in our clothes.
When she got off that ferry, she was walking down the street and she was wrapped in a blanket and soaking wet -- anybody who had been in lower Manhattan, they were hosed off by firehoses. They were covered with dust, that's' the first sight of my wife after having left her that morning. I just grabbed her, hugged her, got her in the car and got her home.
But most of the times we are out now foraging for work, we go there and it's like harvest time. It isn't as romantic as you think where you are with your little wooden basket, picking things while listening to music and soaking in the sun.
I was soaking wet - he has a pretty good arm on him and he has good aim.
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