Origin of drench
before 900; Middle English
drenchen, Old English
drencan, causative of
drincan to
drink; cognate with Dutch
drenken, German
tränken to water, give to drink
OTHER WORDS FROM drench
drench·er, noun drench·ing·ly, adverb un·drenched, adjectiveWords nearby drench
dreigh,
dreikanter,
dreiser,
dreiser, theodore,
drek,
drench,
drenthe,
drepanid,
drepanocyte,
drepanocytic anemia,
drepanocytosis
Example sentences from the Web for drenched
British Dictionary definitions for drenched
drench
/ (drɛntʃ) /
verb (tr)
to make completely wet; soak
to give liquid medicine to (an animal), esp by force
noun
the act or an instance of drenching
a dose of liquid medicine given to an animal
Derived forms of drench
drencher, noun drenching, noun, adjectiveWord Origin for drench
Old English
drencan to cause to drink; related to Old High German
trenken