drench

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /drɛntʃ/ UK /drɛntʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to wet thoroughly; to soak

A sudden downpour drenched the spectators to the skin.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to wet thoroughly; to soak soak saturatedousedrown sodden steep souse

Opposites

dry parchdehydrate

Word family

Derived forms drencheddrenching

Related forms drink drunk

Simplified etymology

Drench comes from Old English drenc, a close relative of Old English drinc, the ancestor of drink.

Etymology

From Old English 'drencan' ('to give drink to, soak, drown'), causative of 'drincan' ('to drink'), from Proto-Germanic '*drankijaną'.

drencan Old English *drankijaną Proto-Germanic

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# drench

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /drɛntʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /drɛntʃ/

## Meanings
1. to wet thoroughly; to soak

## Examples
- A sudden downpour drenched the spectators to the skin.

## Synonyms
- soak
- saturate
- douse
- drown
- sodden
- steep
- souse

## Antonyms
- dry
- parch
- dehydrate

## Derived Forms
- drenched
- drenching

## Related Forms
- drink
- drunk

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: drencan
- Root: *drankijaną

## Etymology
From Old English 'drencan' ('to give drink to, soak, drown'), causative of 'drincan' ('to drink'), from Proto-Germanic '*drankijaną'.

## AI Etymology
Drench is from Old English 'drencan' ('to give drink to, soak, drown'), causative of 'drincan' ('to drink'), from Proto-Germanic '*drankijaną'. The ancestry passes through Old English drencan and Proto-Germanic *drankijaną. In present use as verb and noun, it means "to wet thoroughly; to soak", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include drink and drunk; derived forms include drenched and drenching. Its contrast set includes dry, parch, and dehydrate, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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