drench
Use Drench in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to wet thoroughly; soak.
2.
to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.
3.
to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.
4.
Veterinary Medicine. to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse.
5.
Archaic. to cause to drink.
noun
6.
the act of drenching.
7.
something that drenches: a drench of rain.
8.
a preparation for drenching or steeping.
9.
a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.
10.
a large drink or draft.
11.
a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.
12.
Horticulture. a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.
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drench (drɛntʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make completely wet; soak |
| 2. | to give liquid medicine to (an animal), esp by force |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act or an instance of drenching |
| 4. | a dose of liquid medicine given to an animal |
| [Old English drencan to cause to drink; related to Old High German trenken] | |
| 'drencher | |
| —n | |
| 'drenching | |
| —n, —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
drench
from O.E. drencan "cause to drink," caus. of drincan "to drink," from P.Gmc. *drankijan. In M.E., it meant "to drown;" sense of "to wet thoroughly by throwing liquid over" is from c.1550. Related: Drenched; drenching.
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Example sentences
Clove oil applied either as a pre-plant or as a drench provided protection against seedling damping-off.
Rains, welcome to the redwoods but not to visitors, drench the park in winter.
Morning rains now drench the streets, which bake and steam throughout the day.
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