Definitions for Drench
drɛntʃdrench

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. swamp, drenchverb

   drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

   "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

2. drenchverb

   force to drink

3. imbrue, drenchverb

   permeate or impregnate

   "The war drenched the country in blood"

4. drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souseverb

   cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drenchnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A draught; a swill: by way of abhorrence or contempt.

   Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench
   Of that forgetful lake benumb not still,
   That in our proper motion we ascend. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   2. Physick for a brute.

   A drench is a potion or drink prepared for a sick horse, and composed of several drugs in a liquid form. Farrier’s Dict.

   Harry, says she, how many hast thou kill’d to-day? Give my roan horse a drench, says he; and answers, fourteen, an hour after. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   A drench of wine has with success been us’d,
   And through a horn the gen’rous juice infus’d. Dryden.

   3. Physick that must be given by violence.

   Their counsels are more like a drench, that must be poured down, than a draught which might be leisurely drank, if I liked it. Charles I .

   4. A channel of water.

2. To DRENCHverb

   Etymology: drencan, Saxon.

   1. To wash; to soak; to steep.

   In swinish sleep
   Their drenched natures lie, as in a death. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Our garments being as they were drenched in the sea, hold notwithstanding their freshness and glosses, being rather new-dy’d than stain’d with salt water. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   To-day deep thoughts learn with me to drench
   In mirth, that after no repenting draws. John Milton, Sam.

   Now dam the ditches, and the floods restrain;
   Their moisture has already drench’d the plain. John Dryden, Virgil.

   2. To saturate with drink or moisture: in an ill sense.

   Too oft, alas! has mutual hatred drench’d
   Our swords in native blood. Phillips.

   3. To physick by violence.

   If any of your cattle are infected, speedily let both sick and well blood, and drench them. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drench

   Drench refers to making something completely wet or soaking, usually by pouring liquid over it. This term can also refer to saturating someone or something with a particular quality or influence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Drenchverb

   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

2. Drenchverb

   to steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse

3. Drenchverb

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

4. Drenchnoun

   a military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book

5. Etymology: [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drench

   drensh, v.t. to fill with drink or liquid: to wet thoroughly: to soak: to physic by force: (obs.) to drown.—n. a draught: a dose of physic forced down the throat.—n. Drench′er. [A.S. drencan, to give to drink, from drincan, to drink; Ger. tränken, to soak. See Drink.]

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Flood
   • Impregnate
   • Provide
   • Wet

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How to pronounce Drench?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Drench in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Drench in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Drench in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Drench
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Drench
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Drench
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Drench
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Drench