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drench

drench
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [drench]
    • /drɛntʃ/
    • /drentʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drench]
    • /drɛntʃ/

Definitions of drench word

  • verb with object drench to wet thoroughly; soak. 1
  • verb with object drench to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep. 1
  • verb with object drench to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight. 1
  • verb with object drench Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse. 1
  • verb with object drench Archaic. to cause to drink. 1
  • noun drench the act of drenching. 1

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Origin of drench

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English drenchen, Old English drencan, causative of drincan to drink; cognate with Dutch drenken, German tränken to water, give to drink

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Parts of speech for Drench

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

drench popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for drench

verb drench

  • inundate — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
  • soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
  • deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
  • saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.

noun drench

  • swilling — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
  • draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
  • draff — dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.
  • swill — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.

Antonyms for drench

verb drench

  • dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
  • dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • parch — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
  • dry out — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.

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