drenching noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration. — 1859 •The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […] — 2015 adjective1 •That causes one to become extremely wet.We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend. formsdrenchings · more drenching · most drenching