drench (verb)
1drench — ► VERB 1) wet thoroughly; soak. 2) cover liberally with something. 3) forcibly give a liquid medicine to (an animal). ► NOUN ▪ a dose of medicine administered to an animal. ORIGIN Old English, related to DRINK(Cf. ↑d …
2drench — /drɛntʃ / (say drench) verb (t) 1. to wet thoroughly; steep; soak: garments drenched with rain; swords drenched in blood. 2. Veterinary Science to administer a draught of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse. 3.… …
3drench´ing|ly — drench «drehnch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to wet thoroughly; soak: »A heavy rain drenched the campers and they had to dry out their wet clothing. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under wet. (Cf. ↑wet) 2. to cause to drink; co …
4drench´er — drench «drehnch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to wet thoroughly; soak: »A heavy rain drenched the campers and they had to dry out their wet clothing. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under wet. (Cf. ↑wet) 2. to cause to drink; co …
5drench — verb Drench is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑rain …
6drench — [ drentʃ ] verb transitive to make someone or something very wet …
7drench — verb 1》 wet thoroughly; soak. ↘[often as adjective drenched] cover liberally with something: a sun drenched clearing. 2》 forcibly administer a liquid medicine to (an animal). noun a dose of medicine administered to an animal. ↘archaic a… …
8drench — verb (T) to make something or someone extremely wet drenching adjective …
9drench — verb the rain has drenched us to the bone Syn: soak, saturate, wet through, permeate, douse, souse; drown, swamp, inundate, flood; steep, bathe …
10drench — verb Syn: soak, saturate, wet through, douse, steep, flood, drown …
