EGAVE

drench

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
  2. noun A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
  3. verb To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
  4. verb To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
  5. verb To administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force.
  6. verb To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
  7. verb To drown (someone).
  8. verb To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf.

Similar words

douse dowse soak sop souse swamp imbrue draft sleeping draught dose

Often followed by

the of with and them it him my or

Word family

drenched drencher drenchers drenches drenching

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