Definition of drench Drench
/dษนษหnสง/ - [drench] - drench
We found 13 definitions of drench from 4 different sources.
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What does drench mean?
WordNet
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| drench - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" | ||
| douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | ||
| wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" | ||
| brine soak in brine | ||
| bedraggle, draggle make wet and dirty, as from rain | ||
| bate soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" | ||
| ret place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue | ||
| sluice, flush irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" | ||
| drench - force to drink | ||
| imbibe, drink receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles" | ||
| cater, supply, ply, provide supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| drench - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" | ||
| swamp | ||
| flood cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" | ||
| drench - permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" | ||
| imbrue | ||
| saturate, impregnate cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- drench (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. - drench (v. t.)
To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. - drench (v. t.)
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. - drench (n.)
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.
