drench

[Drench]

To drench something is to get it thoroughly wet. You might drench your sister with the garden hose to pay her back for squirting you with her water pistol.

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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.

Verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

Verb
permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"

Verb
force to drink

Verb
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

v. t.
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

n.
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

Drench

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'84nka, G. tr'84nken. 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."

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.

Drench

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.

Drench

Drench, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] Burrill.

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.

A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

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Usage Examples

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

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