Soaking - English meaning

verb

Wash by immersing one's body in water.

Usage examples:

She was advised to bathe or shower daily

noun

An act or spell of swimming or spending time in the water.

Usage examples:

A bathe in the cold north sea

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

verb

Pour a liquid over; drench.

Usage examples:

He doused the car with petrol and set it on fire

verb

Wet thoroughly

verb

To throw water or another liquid on someone or something

Usage examples:

To get rid of weeds, i douse them with plain white vinegar., fig. the room was doused in light., ef…

verb

Wet thoroughly; soak.

Usage examples:

I fell in the stream and was drenched

noun

A dose of medicine administered to an animal.

Usage examples:

A worming drench

verb

Past simple and past participle of drench

Usage examples:

A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin., the athletes were drenched with sweat., she lik…

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea

noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.

verb

A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

verb

Dip or submerge in a liquid.

Usage examples:

Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes

verb

To involve someone completely in an activity

Usage examples:

She immersed herself wholly in her work., immerse the egg in boiling water., the course offers tota…

verb

Soak (meat, fish, or other food) in a marinade.

Usage examples:

The beef was marinated in red wine vinegar

noun

Soak food in a seasoned or flavorful liquid before cooking

verb

To put fish, meat, or vegetables in a mixture of oil, vinegar or wine and spices before cooking, in order to flavor it or make it softer

noun

A relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine.

Usage examples:

Cheese and pickle

verb

Preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine.

Usage examples:

Fish pickled in brine

noun

A cucumber (= a green, tube-shaped vegetable) that has been preserved in a liquid containing salt and other spices or vinegar

Usage examples:

A sweet/dill pickle, pickled tomatoes/herring

verb

Soak (flax or hemp) in water to soften it.

Usage examples:

The flax has been retted and used as linen to produce the fabric

abbreviation

Retired.

abbreviation

Retired (used after the name of a retired armed forces officer or in recording that a sports player retired from a game).

Usage examples:

Capt. edwin richards, rn (retd)

verb

Wash (something) with clean water to remove soap, detergent, dirt, or impurities.

Usage examples:

Always rinse your hair thoroughly

noun

An act of rinsing something.

Usage examples:

I gave my hands a quick rinse

verb

To use water to clean soap or dirt from something

Usage examples:

Rinse the silverware before drying it., [ m ] don’t forget to rinse the dishes off., [ m ] did you …

adjective

Holding as much water or moisture as can be absorbed; thoroughly soaked.

Usage examples:

A mass of saturated air decreases in temperature as it rises in the atmosphere

verb

Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed.

Usage examples:

The soil is saturated

adjective

Containing all of a substance that can be absorbed

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Usage examples:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Usage examples:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

adjective

Extremely wet; saturated.

Usage examples:

He got absolutely soaked in the rain

verb

Make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid.

Usage examples:

Soak the beans overnight in water

adjective

Extremely wet

Usage examples:

I'm going to have to take these clothes off - i'm soaked to the skin!, my shoes are soaked (through…

adjective

Saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through.

Usage examples:

His clothes were sodden

verb

Saturate (something) with water.

Usage examples:

The rains have soddened the earth

adjective

Extremely wet as a result of absorbing liquid

Usage examples:

The carpet was a sodden mess.

adjective

Wet and soft.

Usage examples:

We squelched through the soggy ground

adjective

(of a substance) very wet from having absorbed liquid

Usage examples:

They played on a wet, soggy field.

verb

Soak in or drench with liquid.

Usage examples:

The chips were well soused with vinegar

noun

Liquid used for pickling.

Usage examples:

He liked to make salt-fish souse

adjective

(of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Usage examples:

She pushed the bike up the steep hill

noun

A steep mountain slope.

Usage examples:

Hair-raising steeps

verb

Soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it.

Usage examples:

The chillies are steeped in olive oil

noun

A method of transmitting or receiving data (especially video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady, continuous flow, allowing playback to start while the rest of the data is still being received.

adjective

(of a cold) accompanied by copious running of the nose and eyes.

Usage examples:

She's got a streaming cold

verb

(of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She sat with tears streaming down her face

verb

Cause (something) to be under water.

Usage examples:

Houses had been flooded and cars submerged

verb

Put under water

verb

To go below the surface of an area of water

Usage examples:

[ t ] take a normal breath and completely submerge yourself., [ i ] seals exhale so they can submer…

verb

Submerge.

Usage examples:

Pellets were then submersed in agar

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a plant growing entirely underwater.

Usage examples:

In its natural habitat it grows mainly in submersed form

adjective

Saturated with or full of water.

Usage examples:

Parts of the racecourse were waterlogged

verb

Saturate with water; make (something) waterlogged.

Usage examples:

The open roof allowed rain to waterlog the field

adjective

(of land) full of water and almost covered by a layer of it

Usage examples:

The game was cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch., water the plants regularly but do not allow…

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears