'Soaking' definitions:

Definition of 'soaking'

From: WordNet
adverb
Extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn: soaking, sopping, dripping]
noun
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" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking]
noun
The act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing]
noun
Washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking]

Definition of 'Soaking'

From: GCIDE
  • Soaking \Soak"ing\, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- {Soak"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Soaking'

From: GCIDE
  • Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s?can, s?gan, to suck. See Suck.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. [1913 Webster]
  • Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. [1913 Webster]
  • The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]