'Drenched' definitions:
Definition of 'drenched'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in]
Definition of 'Drenched'
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]
Synonyms of 'drenched'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addled,
- awash,
- bathed,
- beery,
- bemused,
- besotted,
- blind drunk,
- bloated,
- bursting,
- choked,
- congested,
- crammed,
- crapulent,
- crapulous,
- crowded,
- deluged,
- dipped,
- distended,
- dizzy,
- dribbling,
- dripping,
- dripping wet,
- drowned,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- engulfed,
- far-gone,
- filled to overflowing,
- flooded,
- flustered,
- fou,
- full,
- gay,
- giddy,
- glorious,
- glutted,
- gorged,
- happy,
- hyperemic,
- immersed,
- in liquor,
- in spate,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- inebrious,
- intoxicated,
- inundated,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- jolly,
- macerated,
- maudlin,
- mellow,
- merry,
- muddled,
- nappy,
- oozing,
- overblown,
- overburdened,
- overcharged,
- overfed,
- overflowed,
- overflowing,
- overfraught,
- overfreighted,
- overfull,
- overladen,
- overloaded,
- overstocked,
- overstuffed,
- oversupplied,
- overweighted,
- packed,
- permeated,
- plethoric,
- ready to burst,
- reeling,
- running over,
- satiated,
- saturated,
- seeping,
- shikker,
- soaked,
- soaking,
- soaking wet,
- soaky,
- sodden,
- soggy,
- sopping,
- sopping wet,
- soppy,
- sotted,
- soused,
- steeped,
- stuffed,
- stuffed up,
- submerged,
- submersed,
- supercharged,
- supersaturated,
- surcharged,
- surfeited,
- swamped,
- swollen,
- tiddly,
- tipsy,
- under the influence,
- waterlogged,
- watersoaked,
- weeping,
- weltering,
- wet,
- whelmed,
- wringing wet