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The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
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soakage
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soakage \Soak"age\, n. The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.
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n. the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon" [syn: soak , soaking ]
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A soakage , or soak, is a source of water in Australian deserts . It is called thus because the water generally seeps into the sand, and is stored below, sometimes as part of an ephemeral river or creek.
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n. The act of soaking.
Usage examples of soakage.
One old fellow was an exception to this, for instead of acquiring that expansion and sponginess to which old people are prone in this country, from the long course of internal and external soakage they experience, he had grown dry and stiff in the process of years.