Drench

  • 31drench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. douse, souse, soak, wet, saturate. See water, moisture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. soak, wet, saturate, flood; see immerse 1 , soak 1 . See Synonym Study at soak . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 32drench — I. , sb. == a potion. RG. 151. AS. drenc II. , v. a. == to drown. Wright’s L. P. p. 113. part. ‘dreynt.’ Ibid. p. 111 …

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  • 33drench — drentʃ v. wet, soak, saturate; administer medication to an animal (Veterinary Medicine) …

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  • 34drench — verb 1》 wet thoroughly; soak.     ↘[often as adjective drenched] cover liberally with something: a sun drenched clearing. 2》 forcibly administer a liquid medicine to (an animal). noun a dose of medicine administered to an animal. ↘archaic a… …

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  • 35drench — v. a. 1. Saturate, soak, steep, imbrue, wet thoroughly, wet through, wet through and through. 2. Physic, purge …

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  • 36drench — verb (T) to make something or someone extremely wet drenching adjective …

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  • 37drench — verb the rain has drenched us to the bone Syn: soak, saturate, wet through, permeate, douse, souse; drown, swamp, inundate, flood; steep, bathe …

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  • 38drench — v soak, bathe, wash, steep, infuse, tincture, macerate, marinate; saturate, imbue, permeate, souse, drown, inundate, flood; douse, swash, wash, slosh, splash, wet; immerse, immerge, dip, dunk, submerse, submerge, plunge …

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  • 39drench — verb Syn: soak, saturate, wet through, douse, steep, flood, drown …

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  • 40drench — [drentʃ] verb [T] to make someone or something very wet drenched [drentʃt] adj …

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