drenching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drenching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drenching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drenching n the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" Synonym(s): drenching, soaking, souse, sousing
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.