English dictionary

drench

/dr/E/n/tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun

Source: webster1913
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

noun

Source: webster1913

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

verb.weather

Synonyms swamp

Source: WordNet 3.0
force to drink

verb.consumption

Source: WordNet 3.0
permeate or impregnate

verb.change

Examples
The war drenched the country in blood.

Synonyms imbrue

Source: WordNet 3.0
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

verb.change

Synonyms douse dowse soak sop souse

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Source: webster1913