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drench

DEFINITIONS OF: drench

1

v cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Synonyms:
douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
Types:
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brine
soak in brine
bedraggle, draggle
make wet and dirty, as from rain
bate
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
ret
place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
flush, sluice
irrigate with water from a sluice
Type of:
wet
cause to become wet

v drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

Synonyms:
swamp
Type of:
flood
cover with liquid, usually water

v permeate or impregnate

“The war drenched the country in blood”
Synonyms:
imbrue
Type of:
impregnate, saturate
infuse or fill completely

v force to drink

Type of:
cater, ply, provide, supply
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
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