soak
verb (used without object)
to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
well-soaked
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a word derived from
soak.
Example Sentences
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She might slip a salmon fillet atop chevroned layers of lemon slices or onto a well-soaked cedar plank.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022
He crept in unheard, glanced round to see that the lower room was empty, and then went softly up the stairs, his well-soaked boots making as little noise as if they had been of indiarubber.
From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Stanley L. Wood
Now there was vigorous splashing and tugging, and then a jet black horse, shining as if he had been newly varnished, pulled a dripping wagon containing two well-soaked men upon a shelving shore.
From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
But a Tortoise in a neighbouring garden does every morning consume a very substantial quantity of bread and milk, or rather bread well-soaked in milk, and he appears to thrive well upon it.
From Addresses & Papers / Collectanea by Peter Eade
The well-soaked ribs are then put in place and as soon as they are loaded with stones the bark assumes its proper form.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
