drench

[ drench ]

/ drɛntʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to wet thoroughly; soak.

to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.

to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.

Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse.

Archaic. to cause to drink.

noun

the act of drenching.

something that drenches: a drench of rain.

a preparation for drenching or steeping.

a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.

a large drink or draft.

a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.

Horticulture. a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.

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Origin of drench

First recorded before 900; Middle English drenchen,Old English drencan, causative of drincan “to drink” (see drink); cognate with Dutch drenken,German tränken “to water, give to drink”

synonym study for drench

1. See wet.

OTHER WORDS FROM drench

drencher, noundrench·ing·ly, adverbun·drenched, adjective

Words nearby drench

dreidel, dreigh, dreikanter, Dreiser, Dreiser, Theodore, drench, Drenthe, drepanid, drepanocyte, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytosis

How to use drench in a sentence

Even by day the Maruts create darkness with the water-bearing cloud, when they drench the earth.
Sacred Books of the East|Various
Drench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’
Milton's Comus|John Milton
Sometimes she was so weary that she sank down by the roadside and let130 the night-dew drench her aching limbs.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
Epsom salt, in one ounce doses, given either as a gruel or a drench, will be found to answer the purpose well.
A Treatise on Sheep:|Ambrose Blacklock

You will drench yourself in the blood of the innocent, only that you may do it—while no effect shall follow.'
Aurelian|William Ware

British Dictionary definitions for drench

drench

/ (drɛntʃ) /

verb (tr)

to make completely wet; soak

to give liquid medicine to (an animal), esp by force

noun

the act or an instance of drenching

a dose of liquid medicine given to an animal

Derived forms of drench

drencher, noundrenching, noun, adjective

Word Origin for drench

Old English drencan to cause to drink; related to Old High German trenken

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drench

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