See Also: soaking(1)(dictionary)
soaking(2)(dictionary)
soaking 1, adjective(dictionary)
soaking 2, noun(dictionary)

soaking(1) (iou)



soaking adjective & adverb. LME.
[formed as SOAKING noun + -ING2.]
A. adjective.
Taking in moisture, absorbent; fig. weakening, exhausting. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
a. Of a fire: slow. LME-E17.
b. Printing. Of a pull on the bar of a press: long and slow, gradual. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
Percolating; sinking in; flowing slowly. L16.
Esp. of rain: drenching, wetting thoroughly. M17.
Saturated, drenched, very wet. M19.
b. adverb. soaking wet, very wet. M19.
soakingly adverb (a) slowly, gradually; (b) so as to saturate or drench: LME.