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English verb: drench | |||
| 1. | drench (weather) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | ||
| Samples | The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor. | ||
| Synonyms | swamp | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flood | ||
| 2. | drench (consumption) force to drink | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| Cause | drink, imbibe | ||
| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| 3. | drench (change) permeate or impregnate | ||
| Samples | The war drenched the country in blood. | ||
| Examples | The waters drench the area | ||
| Synonyms | imbrue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impregnate, saturate | ||
| 4. | drench (change) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | ||
| Samples | Souse water on his hot face. | ||
| Examples | They drench the cloth with water and alcohol | ||
| Synonyms | douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bate, bedraggle, brine, draggle, flush, ret, sluice | ||
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