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soaked
This word conveys a sense of total saturation where a material cannot hold any more liquid. It suggests a heavy, weighted feeling, often associated with the discomfort of wet clothing or the thoroughness of a cleaning process. It is more intense than being merely wet or damp. In a figurative sense, the term can describe being deeply permeated by a quality or an emotion. When someone is soaked in a particular atmosphere or ideology, it implies a complete immersion that has altered their state of being, similar to how a fabric is changed by water.
Meanings
To make something completely wet by immersing it in liquid.
"He soaked the beans overnight before cooking them."
To become thoroughly wet.
"The sponge soaked up all the spilled milk."