- Soaking
- Soaking Soak"ing, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- {Soak"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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Soaking — Soaking. См. томление. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
soaking — soak|ing1 [ˈsəukıŋ US ˈsou ] adj also .soaking wet very wet ▪ a soaking wet towel soaking 2 soaking2 n if someone or something gets a soaking, they get very wet … Dictionary of contemporary English
soaking — soak|ing [ soukıŋ ] adjective extremely wet: My socks are soaking! soaking wet: You re soaking wet! … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
soaking — [[t]so͟ʊkɪŋ[/t]] ADJ If something is soaking or soaking wet, it is very wet. My face and raincoat were soaking wet. Syn: sopping … English dictionary
soaking — UK [ˈsəʊkɪŋ] / US [ˈsoʊkɪŋ] adjective extremely wet My socks are soaking! soaking wet: You re soaking wet! … English dictionary
soaking — 1. verb Present participle of soak. 2. noun Immersed in water; a drenching or dunking. 1906 We came on a wild goose chase , grumbled one, as he stirred the fire. Got nothing but a soaking for our pains . Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy, [ … Wiktionary
soaking — adjective (also soaking wet) extremely wet. noun an act of soaking something … English new terms dictionary
soaking — 1 also soaking wet adjective very wet: You re soaking! Come in and dry off. 2 noun (C) a soak 2 (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Soaking — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soaking — adv. Soaking is used with these adjectives: ↑wet … Collocations dictionary
