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Antonyms for soaking

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sohk
Phonetic Transcription : soÊŠk

Definition of soaking

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.
  • verb drench, wet
Example sentences :
  • After soaking and picking some fine Carolina rice, boil it in salt and water, until sufficiently tender, but not to mash.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • You can remove a stamp from an envelope by soaking it in water.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Didn't you feel life itself running and soaking into you, sir?
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • She put her hand upon his bonnet and his sleeve and found them soaking.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • This was made by soaking wheat and oats in a solution of strychnine.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • Mother used to make mince pies by soaking pumpkin in vinegar.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • The boys loaded the soaking figure into the wheel-barrow and carried him home.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Soaking in water is sometimes used as a good preparation for air-seasoning.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • They must have got soaking wet if nothing worse had happened to them.
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • Soaking the company would just make them appeal instead of Voorhis.
  • Extract from : « A Transmutation of Muddles » by Horace Brown Fyfe

Synonyms for soaking

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