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.

Words nearby drench

dreigh, dreikanter, dreiser, dreiser, theodore, drek, drench, drenthe, drepanid, drepanocyte, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytosis

Origin of drench

before 900; Middle English drenchen, Old English drencan, causative of drincan to drink; cognate with Dutch drenken, German tränken to water, give to drink

SYNONYMS FOR drench

1 See wet.

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OTHER WORDS FROM drench

drench·er, noundrench·ing·ly, adverbun·drenched, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for drenched

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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