Drench
verb
To soak with water or liquid, or make very wet.
He got drenched in the sudden downpour.
Often appears as...
- drench in rain
- drench with water
verb
To fill completely, or cover with a lot of something.
She drenched her salad with dressing.
Often appears as...
- drench with sauce
- drench in light
verb
To give a large amount of liquid medicine to an animal.
The farmers drenched the sheep to prevent parasite infection.
Often appears as...
- drench with medication
- drench with vaccine
Usage tips
Technical
Technical
verb
To soak with water or liquid, or make very wet.
He got drenched in the sudden downpour.
Often appears as...
- drench in rain
- drench with water
verb
To fill completely, or cover with a lot of something.
She drenched her salad with dressing.
Often appears as...
- drench with sauce
- drench in light
verb
To give a large amount of liquid medicine to an animal.
The farmers drenched the sheep to prevent parasite infection.
Often appears as...
- drench with medication
- drench with vaccine
Usage tips
Technical
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Wetness
Use 'drench' to describe someone or something being extremely wet, usually quickly or unexpectedly.
Walking home without an umbrella, I was drenched by the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Situations
'Drench' often implies that the soaking was accidental or unplanned.
The performers were drenched when a water pipe burst overhead.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Drench' can suggest discomfort or inconvenience, unlike simply getting wet.
After the water balloon fight, we were completely drenched and shivering.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Wetness
Use 'drench' to describe someone or something being extremely wet, usually quickly or unexpectedly.
Walking home without an umbrella, I was drenched by the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Situations
'Drench' often implies that the soaking was accidental or unplanned.
The performers were drenched when a water pipe burst overhead.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Drench' can suggest discomfort or inconvenience, unlike simply getting wet.
After the water balloon fight, we were completely drenched and shivering.
Pro Tip 1/3Extreme Wetness
Use 'drench' to describe someone or something being extremely wet, usually quickly or unexpectedly.
Walking home without an umbrella, I was drenched by the rain.
Pro Tip 2/3Unexpected Situations
'Drench' often implies that the soaking was accidental or unplanned.
The performers were drenched when a water pipe burst overhead.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Drench' can suggest discomfort or inconvenience, unlike simply getting wet.
After the water balloon fight, we were completely drenched and shivering.
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Video examples
Keith Schacht & Zach...
is that Zach could stand up on stage and drench a perfectly innocent member of the audience without any concern that we'd damage the electronics, that we'd get him wet, that we'd hurt the books or the computers. It works because it's non-conductive. So you can see here, you can immerse a whole circuit board in this and it wouldn't cause any damage. You can circulate it to draw the heat away.
Video examples
Winston Groom: The...
showed that there was no day t or shrewd military man knew that was going to put an end to the conflict instead people began to realize that by strolling a civil war they had unleashed a vast monstrosity a sort of long-term corpse factory it was going to drench the country and blood for years
Video examples
Keith Schacht & Zach...
is that Zach could stand up on stage and drench a perfectly innocent member of the audience without any concern that we'd damage the electronics, that we'd get him wet, that we'd hurt the books or the computers. It works because it's non-conductive. So you can see here, you can immerse a whole circuit board in this and it wouldn't cause any damage. You can circulate it to draw the heat away.
Video examples
Winston Groom: The...
showed that there was no day t or shrewd military man knew that was going to put an end to the conflict instead people began to realize that by strolling a civil war they had unleashed a vast monstrosity a sort of long-term corpse factory it was going to drench the country and blood for years
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Amy Lowell
American Poet
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.
Quote examples
Amy Lowell
American Poet
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.
Quote examples
Amos Bronson Alcott
American Educator
Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.
Example 1 of 2
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