soaking
soaking Lexical Profile
soaking Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Extremely wet; thoroughly saturated with liquid.
"Please leave your soaking coat and umbrella in the entryway so they do not drip on the carpet."
• adverb
To the point of being thoroughly saturated; completely (used specifically to modify 'wet').
"The hikers arrived back at the cabin soaking wet after getting caught in an unexpected summer downpour."
• noun
The act or process of immersing something in liquid, or the state of becoming thoroughly wet.
"The dried beans require an overnight soaking in cold water before they are ready to be cooked."
Word Nuance & Usage
As an adverb, 'soaking' is almost exclusively restricted to the collocation 'soaking wet'.
• Rhymes for soaking
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the verb 'soak' (from Old English 'socian', meaning to become saturated by immersion) combined with the suffix '-ing'.