Drench : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Drench	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Drench
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drench v drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" Synonym(s): swamp, drench force to drink permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" Synonym(s): imbrue, drench cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" Synonym(s): drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. drenc. See {Drench}, v. t.] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. [bd]A drench of wine.[b8] --Dryden. Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drenching}.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dr[84]nka, G. tr[84]nken. See {Drink}.] 1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic. As [bd]to fell,[b8] is [bd]to make to fall,[b8] and [bd]to lay,[b8] to make to lie.[b8] so [bd]to drench,[b8] is [bd]to make to drink.[b8] --Trench. 2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden.