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noun the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
noun the act of making something completely wet
noun washing something by allowing it to soak
originInherited from Middle English soukynge. By surface analysis, soak + -ing. First attested in c. 1440 in the Promptorium parvulorum.
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