to drench
2
7.7
- verb
- /drɛnʧ/
- Specialized
:
forzar a beber
- The veterinarian had to drench the sick horse with a special medicine to help it recover.
Examples
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To treat dehydration, the nurse will drench the patient with a rehydration solution through a syringe.
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After the dog swallowed a foreign object, the owner rushed to the vet to get it drenched with liquid to induce vomiting.
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By the time they were over, Tamborel's knees were weak, and he was drenched in sweat.
Fiction book (1993) -
Mama had been doing housework all morning, and her dress was drenched with sweat and clinging to her huge frame.
Fiction book (2001) -
When the pale face of Amy Haseltine flashed into the kaleidoscope, he awoke, drenched in sweat.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
13
6.1
Treat a thing like soap with medicine so it helps heal or prevent infection
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drench comes from an old English verb drencan meaning 'to make drink' and is related to drink, so it was once used for forcing a person or animal to take liquid, which is why drench can still mean to make someone or an animal drink medicine.