"soaking" meaning in English

See soaking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more soaking [comparative], most soaking [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|soukynge|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English soukynge, {{inh+|en|enm|soukynge}} Inherited from Middle English soukynge, {{surf|en|soak|-ing}} By surface analysis, soak + -ing, {{etydate|c|1440}} First attested in c. 1440, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, n.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, adj.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} soaking (comparative more soaking, superlative most soaking)
  1. Extremely wet; saturated. Translations (extremely wet): likomärkä (Finnish), litimärkä (Finnish), zuppo (Italian), fradicio (Italian), bagnato fradicio (Italian), klissvåt (Norwegian Bokmål), gjennomvåt (Norwegian Bokmål), bog fliuch (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-soaking-en-adj-en:extremely_wet Disambiguation of 'extremely wet': 99 1
  2. Of rain, heavy but slow enough to penetrate deeply into the top soil.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: soaking wet

Noun

Forms: soakings [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|soukynge|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English soukynge, {{inh+|en|enm|soukynge}} Inherited from Middle English soukynge, {{surf|en|soak|-ing}} By surface analysis, soak + -ing, {{etydate|c|1440}} First attested in c. 1440, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, n.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, adj.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soaking (countable and uncountable, plural soakings)
  1. Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The practice of inserting a penis into a vagina and remaining stationary, without thrusting, supposedly used by some conservative Christians in lieu of traditional sexual intercourse. Wikidata QID: Q108757273 Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soaking-en-noun-en:Q108757273

Verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|soukynge|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English soukynge, {{inh+|en|enm|soukynge}} Inherited from Middle English soukynge, {{surf|en|soak|-ing}} By surface analysis, soak + -ing, {{etydate|c|1440}} First attested in c. 1440, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, n.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}}, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">“soaking, adj.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>}} Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} soaking
  1. present participle and gerund of soak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: soak
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Inflected forms

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