I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soaking/sopping/wringing wet (= very wet )
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His suit was soaking wet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tom's shoes were soaking wet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Overall labour requirement is minimised by the use of heat and chemical energy in the soaking process.
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Remembering the phone, she went to fetch it, leaving a soaking trail across her carpet.
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Replace the mushrooms in the soaking liquid in a medium pan and cook for 15 minutes until near-tender and fragrant.
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The parts should then be rinsed clean in the soaking solution and then in clean hot water before reassembling.
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Then on towards Amiens with the windscreen wipers going flip-flop as we drove past sodden barns and soaking cattle.
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Within minutes of being tossed out, the soaking fabrics became stiff boards.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We all got a good soaking on the water slides.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An example is the soaking of equipment in an attempt to reduce bacterial loading.
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At this rate it was more than an airing it was getting, it was a soaking .
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Below his raincoat his trousers showed the damp, and his shoes were lustreless from their soaking .
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Liquid formulations are also produced for tank soaking of carbonised utensils.
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The starch in her collar had gone limp with the soaking .
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They take eighteen hours all told, including the overnight soaking .
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Yanto's already wet head and shoulders received another soaking as it hit the water.