Moist - Damp - Soaked - Drenched - Saturated
These words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water.
Wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water: The car had skidded on the wet road. | You’ll get wet (=in the rain) if you go out now.
Moist slightly wet, often in a way that is pleasant or useful: A lovely rich moist cake.
Damp slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant: The cottage was cold and damp.
Soaked (rather informal) very wet: You’re soaked through! (=completely wet).
Drenched very wet: We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
Saturated very wet: The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
SOAKED OR DRENCHED?
Both of these words can be used with with or in: soaked/ drenched with/in sweat/blood. Soaked but not usually drenched can also be used before a noun: Their soaked clothes. | Their drenched clothes.
PATTERNS
*wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with sth
*soaked/drenched in sth
*sb’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/ soaked/drenched
*wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
*to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
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