[n] washing something by allowing it to soak
[n] the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching"
[n] the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon"
[adv] extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet"
[adj] wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
Synonyms
drenched, drenching, dripping, saturated, soak, soak, soakage, soaked, sodden, sopping, sopping, soppy, souse, sousing, wet