Definition: washing something by allowing it to soak
Main entry: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing
Definition: the act of making something completely wet
Usage: he gave it a good drenching
Main entry: soak, soakage, soaking
Definition: the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
Usage: a good soak put life back in the wagon
Main entry: soaking, sopping, dripping
Definition: extremely wet
Usage: dripping wet; soaking wet