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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.

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"

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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