drench Meaning & Definition
What Does Drench Mean?
Drench is used as a noun meaning 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. It can also mean A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal. As a verb, it means To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink. As a verb, it means To soak, to make very wet.
Quick Facts About Drench
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //dɹɛnt͡ʃ// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | sop, souse and swamp |
| Plural | drenches |
| Verb forms | drenches, drenching, drenched |
Drench Definition (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.
- A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
Drench as a Verb
- To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.
- To administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force.
- 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.
- To drown (someone).
- To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf.
- To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water.
Noun
- An act of making someone or something completely wet; a soak or soaking, a wetting.
- An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.
Noun
- A draught administered to an animal.
- A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
Verb
- To soak, to make very wet.
- To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
Noun
- A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Synonyms of Drench
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Drench in a Sentence
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Word Forms & Grammar
drench (plural drenches)
drench (third-person singular simple present drenches, present participle drenching, simple past and past participle drenched)
Words That Rhyme With Drench
Origin of Drench
Origin 1: From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms],[1] from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”).[2] Doublet of drink (noun).
Origin 2: The verb is derived from Middle English drenchen, drench (“to drown; to flood, inundate; to consume (drink or food); to give (someone) a drink; to poison (someone) with a drink; to immerse, soak, drench; to descend, fall, sink; to penetrate, permeate; (figurative) to engulf, overwhelm”) [and other forms],[3] from Old English drenċan (“to give (someone) a drink; to immerse, soak, drench”), from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to cause (someone) to drink”), the causative of *drinkaną (“to drink”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”).[4] Doublet of drink (verb).
Origin 3: The noun is derived from the verb (etymology 2, verb sense 1.2).
How Do You Say Drench?
The standard pronunciation of drench is //dɹɛnt͡ʃ//, spoken in 1 syllable.
Drench: Your Questions Answered
Is drench a noun or a verb?
Drench is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is another word for drench?
You can replace drench with words such as sop, souse and swamp. See the full list of drench synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of drench?
The plural of drench is drenches.
What is the past tense of drench?
The past tense of drench is drenched. The present participle is drenching.