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Antonyms for soaked

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sohk
Phonetic Transcription : soÊŠk

Definition of soaked

Origin :
  • Old English socian (intransitive) "to soak, to lie in liquid," from Proto-Germanic *sukon (cf. West Flemish soken), possibly from PIE *sug-, from root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (see sup (v.2)). Transitive sense "drench, permeate thoroughly" is from mid-14c.; that of "cause to lie in liquid" is from early 15c. Meaning "take up by absorption" is from 1550s. Slang meaning "to overcharge" first recorded 1895. Related: Soaked; soaking. As a noun, mid-15c., from the verb.
  • adj saturated
Example sentences :
  • The book is soaked through and through with a strange beauty.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • When you are ready to boil it, pour off the water in which it has soaked.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Have ready a pint of rice that has been well picked, washed, and soaked.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Her Sunday-school class had never been so tiresome nor so soaked in hair-oil.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • And it turned out that his fishing clothes had been soaked in oil and tree-wax.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Right through the heart and what blood there had been was soaked up by his clothes.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • Soon both of them were soaked from top to bottom and it was impossible to count the hits.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Yes, our generation has been soaked in romanticism, and we have remained impregnated with it.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • In the month of March Coupeau returned home one evening soaked through.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • She swallowed a glass of water in which she had soaked a box of matches.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for soaked

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