drenching
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈdrɛnʧɪŋ/
- During the heavy storm, we could hear the drenching of rain hitting the roof all night.
- drenching rain
Examples
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I've had my share of drenchings.
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The drenching of the Japanese cedars with oil shows that Aker is not afraid of spraying.
Academic text (1996) -
A second drenching was often needed to keep things cool.
Blog text (23) -
People ran every which way, trying to get out of the drenching.
Fiction book (1993) -
The drenching caused widespread flooding.
Blog text (7) -
No thunder, just one of those long, green summer drenchings.
Fiction book (1990) -
Above us, a steel-gray thunderhead boiled up out of nowhere, and I ran for the Venture to escape a drenching.
Fiction book (1999) -
The children laughed and played in the garden, enjoying the drenching from the sprinklers.
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The athletes welcomed the drenching of water from the hydration station during the hot race.
Synonyms
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1.0
Giving water to plants or the ground to help them grow
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4.4
Being completely covered by a liquid like water
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2.7
An act of making something completely wet by putting it in water
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6.2
Putting something completely under water or another liquid
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4.9
Putting a lot of water on something so it becomes very wet
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1.4
The act of making a surface wet
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5.0
Something sinks until it is completely covered by water
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9.7
A heavy soaking that makes something very wet
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7.7
The process of something becoming soft and full of water after sitting in liquid
Making something very wet by covering it with water or other liquid
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drenching comes from the old verb drench, which meant 'to make drink' or 'to drown', so imagine pouring so much water on something that it is forced to 'drink' and becomes completely wet.