'Drench' definitions:
Definition of 'drench'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Drench'
From: GCIDE
- Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drench'
From: GCIDE
- 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[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
- As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink." --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. [1913 Webster]
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drench'
From: GCIDE
- 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. "A drench of wine." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drench'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bathe,
- bed,
- bed down,
- beverage,
- break,
- brew,
- brewing,
- bridle,
- brush,
- bumper,
- choke,
- congest,
- cram,
- crowd,
- curry,
- currycomb,
- deluge,
- dip,
- douche,
- douse,
- draft,
- drag,
- drain,
- dram,
- drenching,
- drink,
- drop,
- drouk,
- drown,
- duck,
- ducking,
- dunk,
- dunking,
- feed,
- flood,
- flush,
- fodder,
- gargle,
- gentle,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gorge,
- groom,
- gulp,
- guzzle,
- handle,
- harness,
- hitch,
- imbrue,
- imbruement,
- imbue,
- imbuement,
- immerse,
- impregnate,
- impregnation,
- infiltrate,
- infiltration,
- infuse,
- infusion,
- inject,
- injection,
- inundate,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- jigger,
- jolt,
- lap,
- lash,
- lave,
- leach,
- leaching,
- libation,
- litter,
- lixiviate,
- lixiviation,
- macerate,
- maceration,
- manage,
- milk,
- nip,
- overburden,
- overcharge,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overlade,
- overload,
- overstuff,
- overweight,
- pack,
- peg,
- percolate,
- percolation,
- permeate,
- permeation,
- portion,
- potation,
- potion,
- pull,
- pulping,
- quaff,
- rinse,
- round,
- round of drinks,
- rub down,
- saddle,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- saturation,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shot,
- sip,
- slurp,
- snifter,
- snort,
- soak,
- soakage,
- soaking,
- sodden,
- sop,
- sopping,
- souse,
- sousing,
- spot,
- steep,
- steeping,
- stuff,
- submerge,
- suck,
- sup,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- swig,
- swill,
- tame,
- teem,
- tend,
- tot,
- train,
- wash,
- water,
- waterlog,
- wet,
- yoke