as in dripping
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
a miserable, soaked cat who looked like a drowned rat
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as in saturated
to wet thoroughly with liquid
we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked
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as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer
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as in wet
to make wet
that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight
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as in drank
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak
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Recent Examples of soaked
Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
This may take 30-60 minutes for soaked beans, or 1-2 hours for unsoaked beans.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
The three-layer Gore-tex fabric shell kept us dry in incredibly soggy conditions that would send most skiers home soaked and cold.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
To create your own pumpkin place setting, slice off the pumpkin's top, scoop out the seeds, and fill with soaked floral foam.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Add the soaked bread and its water to the blender along with the tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The oversized, dual-textured, pre-soaked treatment towelettes bring the power of clinical skincare to your bodycare routine.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Nelson’s famed guitar, Trigger, was on his bus and unharmed, but other gear and equipment were so soaked or damaged that the next stop on the tour, in Oklahoma, had to be nixed as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
People sat on curbs, alleyway after alleyway, their meager belongings soaked by the previous night’s hard rain.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Once the racks have soaked for long enough, remove the foil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
The non-denominational congregation was soaked and destroyed.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
After three or four weeks, BIAB nails can either be infilled or soaked off.
—Tori Crowther, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
First came the heavy winter rains that soaked the soil.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
His sweatshirt was soaked, and his face looked cold.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The health secretary, who turned 72 this month and celebrated with a hefty steak, pairs the diet with foods that are fermented, typically meaning they are soaked, salted or cultured to let natural bacteria or yeast break down sugars over time.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
These pre-soaked pads pair pore-clearing salicylic acid with a gentle dose of texture-refining retinol, while cica and green tea ceramide from Korea’s mineral-rich Jeju Island soothe and calm skin.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
This may take 30-60 minutes for soaked beans, or 1-2 hours for unsoaked beans.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
The three-layer Gore-tex fabric shell kept us dry in incredibly soggy conditions that would send most skiers home soaked and cold.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
To create your own pumpkin place setting, slice off the pumpkin's top, scoop out the seeds, and fill with soaked floral foam.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Add the soaked bread and its water to the blender along with the tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The oversized, dual-textured, pre-soaked treatment towelettes bring the power of clinical skincare to your bodycare routine.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Nelson’s famed guitar, Trigger, was on his bus and unharmed, but other gear and equipment were so soaked or damaged that the next stop on the tour, in Oklahoma, had to be nixed as well.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
Which is why, in an America torn apart by gaping ideological, racial and wealth divides, the proud puertorriqueño Grammy winner nailed it today by transforming the cavernous concrete Santa Clara stadium into a sweat soaked San Juan nightclub for 13 hip-shaking minutes.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
People sat on curbs, alleyway after alleyway, their meager belongings soaked by the previous night’s hard rain.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
Once the racks have soaked for long enough, remove the foil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
The non-denominational congregation was soaked and destroyed.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
After three or four weeks, BIAB nails can either be infilled or soaked off.
—Tori Crowther, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
First came the heavy winter rains that soaked the soil.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
His sweatshirt was soaked, and his face looked cold.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The health secretary, who turned 72 this month and celebrated with a hefty steak, pairs the diet with foods that are fermented, typically meaning they are soaked, salted or cultured to let natural bacteria or yeast break down sugars over time.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soaked
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Blooms carry quiet meaning—some joyful, some cautious, some dripping with love, some signaling emotional withdrawal.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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The camera lingers on dripping egg yolks and squishy, bubbling dough; the protagonist, Cathy Earnshaw (played by Margot Robbie), must wade through pig’s blood on her way to the moors near her home, leaving a trim of viscera on her gorgeously anachronistic dress.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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After this, the pores were saturated with a blend of phase-change material and a stabilizing soft plastic.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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With their domestic market saturated and competition fierce, Chinese automakers are pushing aggressively into global markets.—
Hengrui Liu,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2026
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The loss certainly stung for Maye.—
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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One pocket of tech that has faced a lot of pressure have been software firms, with the shares of companies like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow all stung the last six months, as Reuters reports, because of rising fears that AI could disrupt their business models.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Apply enough water to wet the soil 12 inches deep.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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To water from the top, pour water over the soil, avoiding wetting the leaves.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the early 2000s, there was a viral gossip report that Thornton and the Tomb Raider star drank each other’s blood.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the media, the small improvements the legislation was able to make were drowned out by the pandemonium of the culture wars.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Those videos, especially in the case of Alex Pretti’s shooting, drowned out both the slop and slick government productions.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Scheffler pushed his drive into the right fairway bunker on the par-4, could only advance the ball 54 yards into the left rough and gouged his third shot short of the green.—
John Marshall,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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After getting gouged repeatedly by bootleg play-action passes, screens and space plays over their first two series, the Pats struck back with a short-yardage stop and forced fumble on the next two series.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Some have been completely worn down with obscurity over time; others appear to be washed and adorned with fresh flowers on a weekly basis.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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To cut to the chase, our experts say your towels and sheets should not be washed together or with other items like clothes.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Soaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soaked. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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