to drench

Examples

• All

• His hair was tightly curled and his skin was hot, his body drenched in sweat.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Rain poured down with a vengeance, drenching the two almost immediately.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I love to drench my skin with this oil before a flight.

  Harper's BAZAAR

• So on these like that, I just like drench myself with this stuff in between layers.

• So make sure you drench the roots deeply and it's fantastic.

  MIgardener

• Also, I'm going to take this Morphe setting spray, drench the face.

  Carli Bybel

• Fire from the sun rolled through the aircraft, and he was drenched in sweat.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Jack and Marcie are gonna get drenched!

  Friday the 13th (1980)

• "Suddenly, a rainstorm moved over the area, drenching the spectators, most of whom could not crowd under the canvas.

  Academic text (2014)

• The heavy rain continued all night, drenching the fields and making them muddy.

Synonyms

S

to soak

vsto drench

141 1.0

Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid

is focused on making something entirely wet by heavy or extensive liquid contact

S

to swamp

vsto drench

68 4.0

To flood an area with water or to overwhelm with a large amount of something

is the narrower action of making a single item fully covered with liquid

S

to saturate

vsto drench

55 5.2

Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more

is similar but more about the act of heavy external covering with liquid

D

to drown

vsto drench

31 1.0

Cover completely with liquid, for example food in sauce

is about heavy covering with liquid rather than full submergence beneath a surface

W

to wet

vsto drench

26 1.0

To make something wet by covering it with liquid

is a stronger action implying full and heavy covering with a large amount of liquid

D

to douse

vsto drench

18 4.4

To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet

is the general act of covering something with a large amount of liquid

I

to impregnate

vsto drench

3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

is more about the external action of making an object fully covered with liquid

S

to sop

vsto drench

• Archaic

1 8.3

To make something take in liquid until it is very wet

is about making something entirely wet rather than just filling it internally

S

to souse

vsto drench

1 8.8

To soak something completely in liquid

is about making something entirely wet by heavy or extensive liquid contact

D

to dowse

vsto drench

7.8

To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet

is the general act of covering something with a large amount of liquid

W

to waterlog

vsto drench

3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

is the broader action of making an item completely wet by lots of liquid

W

to whelm

vsto drench

• Archaic

9.3

To cover something completely with water or soil

is the simple act of making something completely wet by pouring or soaking

S

to sog

vsto drench

7.7

To make something very wet by putting liquid on it

is more about heavy external covering with liquid rather than internal heaviness

Antonyms

D

dry

791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Wet

to saturate

55 5.2

to drench

34 3.0

to soak

141 1.0

to dampen

4 3.4

to moisten

7 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology