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Adjective drenched has 2 senses
- drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy - wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy clothes"
Antonym: dry (indirect, via wet)
- drenched, drenched in - abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched meadows"
Antonym: uncovered (indirect, via covered)
Verb drench has 4 senses
- swamp, drench - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
--1 is one way to flood
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
- drench - force to drink
--2 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- imbrue, drench - permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"
--3 is one way to impregnate, saturate
Sample sentence:
The waters drench the area
- drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
--4 is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
They drench the cloth with water and alcohol
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