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Drench

Drench Meaning & Definition
Drench Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Drench?

[v] cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
[v] permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"
[v] force (animals) to drink
[v] drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Drench: douse | dowse | imbrue | soak | sop | souse | swamp

Related Terms | Find terms related to Drench: bathe | bed | bed down | beverage | break | brew | brewing | bridle | brush | bumper | choke | congest | cram | crowd | curry | currycomb | deluge | dip | douche | douse | draft | drag | drain | dram | drenching | drink | drop | drouk | drown | duck | ducking | dunk | dunking | feed | flood | flush | fodder | gargle | gentle | glut | gluttonize | gorge | groom | gulp | guzzle | handle | harness | hitch | imbrue | imbruement | imbue | imbuement | immerse | impregnate | impregnation | infiltrate | infiltration | infuse | infusion | inject | injection | inundate | jam | jam-pack | jigger | jolt | lap | lash | lave | leach | leaching | libation | litter | lixiviate | lixiviation | macerate | maceration | manage | milk | nip | overburden | overcharge | overfeed | overfill | overlade | overload | overstuff | overweight | pack | peg | percolate | percolation | permeate | permeation | portion | potation | potion | pull | pulping | quaff | rinse | round | round of drinks | rub down | saddle | satiate | saturate | saturation | seethe | seething | shot | sip | slurp | snifter | snort | soak | soakage | soaking | sodden | sop | sopping | souse | sousing | spot | steep | steeping | stuff | submerge | suck | sup | supercharge | supersaturate | surcharge | surfeit | swig | swill | tame | teem | tend | tot | train | wash | water | waterlog | wet | yoke

See Also | bate | bedraggle | brine | cater | drink | flood | flush | imbibe | impregnate | ply | provide | ret | saturate | sluice | supply | wet

Drench In Webster's Dictionary

\Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drenching}.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dr["a]nka, G. tr["a]nken. See {Drink}.] 1. 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. As ``to fell,'' is ``to make to fall,'' and ``to lay,'' to make to lie.'' so ``to drench,'' is ``to make to drink.'' --Trench. 2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden.
\Drench\, n. [AS. drenc. See {Drench}, v. t.] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. ``A drench of wine.'' --Dryden. Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.
\Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] --Burrill.

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