Pouring and Soaking

Pouring

Pouring adjective - Marked by or abounding with rain.
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Synonyms for Pouring

Soaking and pouring are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Soaking" instead an adjective "Pouring".

Nearby Words: pour, poured

Soaking

Soaking adjective - Containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water.

Pouring and soaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pouring" instead an adjective "Soaking".

Nearby Words: soak, soaked, soaker

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Franklin They weren't out in it long, but it was pouring heavily enough that they all should have gotten a good soaking, particularly Franklin and Snail.
  • Sexy Soaked Shirt In the episode "Surprise", Buffy ends up soaking wet after her escape from the Judge because it's pouring outside.
  • Theatre / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Beauty Is Never Tarnished: In the 1958 film, Maggie goes out to the pouring rain and gets her hair soaking wet, but the next time we see her, it's perfectly dry and styled.
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