Variations: saturate

dousing
With water guns, buckets, and even elephants dousing people with their trunks, pretty much everyone gets soaked during this Thai New Year festival. It's a symbolic fresh start, and a welcome respite from the heat!

Nightingale Island, home to a large population of rockhopper penguins, was drenched in oil when a grounded cargo vessel split its hull in the force of a relentless swell.

saturate
Evacuation centers in Japan are receiving large supplies of potassium iodide tablets, which work to saturate the thyroid gland and crowd out radioactive chemicals.

French toast is a dish of bread soaked in eggs then fried. It may be topped with sugar, butter, fruit, syrup, or other items.

Harry Redknapp is set to make a splash for male cancer charity Orchid by auctioning the soaked suit he wore during Spurs' monumental victory over Manchester City.

Gingerly I stretch out my leg into the pool, propping the heel of my boot on a rock so the leather doesn’t get too sodden, and sigh, because this does offer some relief.