Drench
[dren(t)ʃ] or [drɛntʃ]
Definition
(verb.) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; 'souse water on his hot face'.
(verb.) force to drink.
Typed by Elroy--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checker: Roy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly.[2]. Physic, purge.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wash, inundate, soak, saturate, steep, shower, drown
ANT:Drain, strain, sponge, mop, dry, exsiccate
Editor: Shanna
Definition
v.t. to fill with drink or liquid: to wet thoroughly: to soak: to physic by force: (obs.) to drown.—n. a draught: a dose of physic forced down the throat.—n. Drench′er.
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Examples
- While the rain descends so, must I lay my head on the cold, drenched ground? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The sheeted sprays drenched the decks like rain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The breeze scattered the grey locks on his temples, the rain drenched his uncovered head, he sat hiding his face in his withered hands. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He took it from my hand, held it up, and surveyed the bed, all blackened and scorched, the sheets drenched, the carpet round swimming in water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My clothes were all sodden with dew, and my coat-sleeve was drenched with blood from my wounded thumb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Presently my man sat me down by a tank of hot water, drenched me well, gloved his hand with a coarse mitten, and began to polish me all over with it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When they were more than usually tall she lifted the baby to the top of her head, that it might be out of the reach of their drenching fronds. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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