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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
3. transitive verb. A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
4. noun. A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.
5. verb. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

   Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

6. verb. permeate or impregnate

   "The war drenched the country in blood"

   Synonyms: imbrue

7. verb. force to drink
8. verb. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

   "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

   Synonyms: swamp

Synonyms

douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse, imbrue, swamp

Common word forms

drenched, drencher, drenches, drenching

Words from these letters

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