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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to wet thoroughly; to soak soaksaturatedousedrownsoddensteepsouse ↔ Opposites dryparchdehydrate Word family Derived forms drencheddrenching Related forms drinkdrunk Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown