DRENCHED

drenched, drenched in

(adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination; “drenched in moonlight”; “moon-drenched meadows”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

drenched (comparative more drenched, superlative most drenched)

Completely wet; sodden

Synonyms

• plashy, saturated, soaked; see also wet

Verb

drenched

simple past tense and past participle of drench

Source: Wiktionary


DRENCH

Drench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching.] Etym: [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dränka, G. tränken. See Drink.]

1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic. As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink." Trench.

2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse. Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. Dryden.

Drench, n. Etym: [AS. drenc. See Drench, v. t.]

Definition: A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. "A drench of wine." Dryden. Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.

Drench, n. Etym: [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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