soaking
soaking · more soaking · most soaking
Extremely wet; saturatedExtremely wet; saturated.
US/sˈoʊkɪŋ/
Meaning
2 sensesExtremely wet; saturated.
Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested iInherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.
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Forms
more soaking, most soaking| Comparative | more soaking Lesson |
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| Superlative | most soaking Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form