drenken

Definitions of drenken
  1. verb
    cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    synonyms: doordrenken, dopen, indompelen, indopen, inweken, marineren, slempen, weken
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    types:
    verregenen
    make wet and dirty, as from rain
    roten, rotten
    place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
    spoelen
    irrigate with water from a sluice
    type of:
    begieten, gieten, natmaken
    cause to become wet
  2. verb
    fill, soak, or imbue totally
    synonyms: verzadigen, weken
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    types:
    brouwen, wellen
    let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
    trekken
    steep; pass through a strainer
    type of:
    impregneren, verzadigen, weken
    infuse or fill completely
  3. verb
    infuse or fill completely
    synonyms: impregneren, verzadigen, weken
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    types:
    verzadigen, weken
    fill, soak, or imbue totally
    opzetten, prepareren
    treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
    brouwen, wellen
    let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
    type of:
    bijladen, dempen, dichtgooien, opstoppen, opvullen, plempen, toegooien, vullen
    make full, also in a metaphorical sense
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