drench
verb/drentʃ/
/drentʃ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they drench | /drentʃ/ /drentʃ/ |
| he / she / it drenches | /ˈdrentʃɪz/ /ˈdrentʃɪz/ |
| past simple drenched | /drentʃt/ /drentʃt/ |
| past participle drenched | /drentʃt/ /drentʃt/ |
| -ing form drenching | /ˈdrentʃɪŋ/ /ˈdrentʃɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody/something completely wet synonym soak
- be/get drenched We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin.
- be drenched in/with something His face was drenched with sweat.
- drench somebody/something/yourself in/with something (figurative) She drenched herself in perfume.
Synonyms wetwetmoist ▪ damp ▪ soaked ▪ drenched ▪ saturatedThese words all describe things covered with or full of liquid, especially water.wet covered with or full of liquid, especially water:Topics Weatherc2- The car had skidded on the wet road.
- You’ll get wet (= in the rain) if you go out now.
- a lovely rich moist cake
- The cottage was cold and damp.
- You’re soaked through! (= completely wet)
- We were caught in the storm and came home drenched to the skin.
- The ground is completely saturated: it would be pointless to plant anything.
- wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated with something
- soaked/drenched in something
- somebody’s coat/shirt/shoes/clothes/hair is/are wet/damp/soaked/drenched
- wet/moist/damp/saturated ground/earth
- to get wet/moist/damp/soaked/drenched/saturated
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrench is used with these nouns as the subject:- rain
Word OriginOld English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink.Definitions on the go
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