Dictionary Entry
drench
drench is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
- 3transitive verb
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
- 4noun
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.
- 5verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
- 6verb
permeate or impregnate
"The war drenched the country in blood"
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- 7verb
force to drink
- 8verb
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
"The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
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