drench
A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animalA dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
» After a while, dressing in the recommended long pants and long sleeved-shirt during a summer hike can really drench your clothes.
Meaning
4 sensesA dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
An act of making someone or something completely wet; a soak or soaking, a wetting.
An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.
(also, archaic, figuratively)A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
Examples
1 sentencesAfter a while, dressing in the recommended long pants and long sleeved-shirt during a summer hike can really drench your clothes.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisonFrom Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (noun).
The verb is derived from Middle English drenchen, drench (“to drown; to flood, inundate; to consume (drink or food); to give (someone) a drink; to poison (someone) with a drink; to immerse, soak, drench; to descend, fall, sink; to penetrate, permeate; (figurative) to engulf, overwhelm”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċan (“to give (someone) a drink; to immerse, soak, drench”), from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to cause (someone) to drink”), the causative of *drinkaną (“to drink”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (verb).
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