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Synonyms
drench (drĕnch)

[Middle English drenchen, to drown, from Old English drencan, to give to drink, drown.]

transitive verb: drenched, drench·ing, drench·es. 

  1. To wet through and through; soak.
  2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal).
  3. To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money.

noun 

  1. The act of wetting or becoming wet through and through.
  2. Something that drenches: a drench of rain.
  3. A large dose of liquid medicine, especially one administered to an animal by pouring down the throat.

derivatives

drench́er
noun