Sekirov Dictionary

drench

/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/

verb6

  1. To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
  2. To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
  3. To administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force.
  4. (no longer used) To drown (someone).
  5. (figurative, no longer used) To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf.
  6. (no longer used) To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water.

noun4

  1. An act of making someone or something completely wet; a soak or soaking, a wetting.
  2. An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.
  3. A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
  4. (no longer used) A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
forms

drenched · drencht · drenchedst · drenching · drenches · drencheth · drenchest

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