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1. (v.t.) drench
to wet thoroughly; soak.
2. drench
to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.
3. drench
to cover or fill completely; bathe:
sunlight drenching the trees.
4. drench
to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), esp. by force.
5. drench
Archaic. to cause to drink.
6. (n.) drench
the act of drenching.
7. drench
something that drenches.
8. drench
a preparation for drenching or steeping.
9. drench
a draft of medicine, esp. one administered to an animal by force.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE drencan, causative of drincan to drink ; OHG trenchen, ON drekkja)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) swamp, drench
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
"The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
2. (verb) drench
force to drink
3. (verb) imbrue, drench
permeate or impregnate
"The war drenched the country in blood"
4. (verb) drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) drench
a military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book
2. (verb) drench
to cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic
3. (verb) drench
to steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse
4. (verb) drench
a drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging
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Sense: to soak completely
They went out in the rain and were drenched to the skin.
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 Afrikaans: deurweek |
 Arabic: يَتَبَلَّل |
 Bulgarian: накисвам |
 Brazilian: ensopar |
 Czech: promočit |
 German: durchnässen |
 Danish: gennembløde |
 Greek: μουσκεύω εντελώς |
 Spanish: empapar |
 Estonian: läbimärjaks tegema |
 Farsi: کاملاً خیس کردن |
 Finnish: kastua läpimäräksi |
 French: tremper |
 Hebrew: לְהָרטִיב לְגָמרֵי |
 Hindi: भिगोना, गीला करना |
 Croatian: prokisao, namočen |
 Hungarian: átáztat (és eredménye:) c |
 Indonesian: basah kuyup |
 Icelandic: rennbleyta; gera holdvota |
 Italian: inzuppare |
 Japanese: びしょぬれにする |
 Korean: 흠뻑 적시다 |
 Lithuanian: kiaurai permirkti |
 Latvian: izmirkt; salīt |
 Malay: basah |
 Dutch: doordrenken |
 Norwegian: gjennombløte |
 Polish: zmoczyć, zmoknąć |
 Persian: کاملاً تر شدن |
 Pashto: په پوره ډول لنديدل |
 Portuguese: ensopar |
 Romanian: a uda |
 Russian: промачивать (насквозь) |
 Slovak: premočiť |
 Slovenian: zmočiti |
 Serbian: nakvasiti |
 Swedish: genomdränka, göra genomvå |
 Thai: ทำให้เปียกโชก |
 Turkish: ısla(t)mak, sırılsıklam e |
 Taiwanese: 使濕透 |
 Ukrainian: промочувати наскрізь |
 Urdu: پوری طرح بھگو دینا |
 Vietnamese: làm ướt sũng |
 Chinese: 使浸透 |
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