Definition of soaked adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

soaked

adjective

/səʊkt/

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[not usually before noun] soaked (with something) very wet synonym drench
- He woke up soaked with sweat.
- You're soaked through! (= completely wet)
- They were soaked to the skin/bone (= completely wet).
- You'll get soaked if you go out in this rain.
- Your clothes are soaked!
- His soaked shirt stuck to his chest.
Synonyms wet
wetmoist ▪ damp ▪ soaked ▪ drenched ▪ saturatedThese words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water.
wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water:
The car had skidded on the wet road.
You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful:
a lovely rich moist cake
damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
The cottage was cold and damp.
soaked (rather informal) very wet:
You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
drenched very wet:
We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
soaked or drenched?Both of these words can be used with with or in: soaked/drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: their soaked clothes • their drenched clothes
saturated very wet:
The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
Patterns
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
- wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
- to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- get
- …
adverb
- absolutely
- completely
- thoroughly
- …
phrases
- soaked to the bone
- soaked to the skin
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-soaked
used with nouns to form adjectives describing something that is made completely wet with the thing mentioned
- a blood-soaked cloth
- rain-soaked clothing

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