Drench v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching.]
1. 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.
As =\“to fell,” is “to make to fall,” and “to lay,” to make to lie.” so “to drench,” is “to make to drink.”\= --Trench.
2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden.
drenched
adj 1: 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" [syn: saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden,
sopping, soppy]
2: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: drenched in]