to drench
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4.4
- verb
- /drɛnʧ/
- - I wake up middle of the night drenched in sweat.
- sun-drenched
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Watch on YouTubeAnd but everything is just drenched in spices and pepper.
- And but everything is just drenched in spices and pepper.
- And throughout the day you don't seem to be able to de robe yourself from that cloaked affect of the nightmare drenches you almost.
Examples
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The heavy rain drenched the picnic area, leaving everything soaked.
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What you need now is a long vacation on some sun-drenched tropical island.
Fiction book (1993) -
Everything they do is drenched in drama.
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Jean's days are filled with sun-drenched walks.
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Some fresh produce from this sun-drenched region makes a lucrative export to European markets.
Academic text (2006) -
Everything appeared motionless, drenched in spring sunlight and the freshest green.
Fiction book (1998) -
Berkeley in April should be either crisp and breezy or drenched in mist.
Fiction book (1997) -
The fog grew thicker and drenched the summit in cold, windblown mist.
Academic text (2007) -
Sitting there in the warm sunshine and drenched in river-sweet breezes, Rokey surrendered.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nearby, from a cafe's empty, sun-drenched terrace, Sasha, half-hidden by a large parasol, was beckoning to us.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
196
1.0
Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid
27
1.0
To make something wet by covering it with liquid
16
6.9
To fill a person or thing with a particular quality
15
3.0
To make something a little wet
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4.2
Put something completely into a liquid to cover it
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3.1
To become completely wet all the way through
8
5.2
Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more
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4.4
To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet
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7.6
To spread slowly through something, often as light, color, or a feeling
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8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
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7.4
To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical
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7.3
To put something under the surface of water
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7.7
To fill something with faults or problems
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8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
1
7.8
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
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9.3
To cover something completely with water or soil
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3.7
To fill something with water so it cannot take any more
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9.3
Cause light, color or liquid to spread through something
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9.9
To stain something with blood or another dark liquid
To spread a substance all around something, like light or scent
Antonyms
How Filled
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1.0
8
5.2
8
4.4
21
6.7
16
6.9
19
4.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drench comes from the old English drencan ('to make drink') and is related to drink, so to be 'drenched' in light or feeling is like being soaked or filled as if by a liquid, which explains the modern sense of filling something completely.