to drench
14
4.4
- verb
- /drɛnʧ/
:
empapar de
- - I wake up middle of the night drenched in sweat.
- sun-drenched
And 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
141
1.0
Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid
55
5.2
Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more
26
1.0
To make something wet by covering it with liquid
22
6.9
To fill a person or thing with a particular quality
18
4.4
To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet
9
4.2
Put something completely into a liquid to cover it
8
7.6
To spread slowly through something, often as light, color, or a feeling
7
3.0
To make something a little wet
6
3.1
To become completely wet all the way through
3
7.4
To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical
2
7.7
To fill something with faults or problems
1
8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
1
8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
1
7.3
To put something under the surface of water
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
To fill something with water so it cannot take any more
To cover something completely with water or soil
Cause light, color or liquid to spread through something
To stain something with blood or another dark liquid
To spread a substance all around something, like light or scent
Antonyms
How Filled
176
1.0
55
5.2
14
4.4
22
6.7
22
6.9
1
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.