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" Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness."
Amy Lowell

Meaning of "drench" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRENCH

Old English drencan to cause to drink; related to Old High German trenken.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DRENCH

drɛntʃ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRENCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drench is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb drench in English.

WHAT DOES DRENCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Drench

Drench is a brand of bottled spring water owned by Britvic. Drench is one of a range of water brands from Britvic, which includes Pennine Spring and Fruit Shoot H20.

Definition of drench in the English dictionary

The first definition of drench in the dictionary is to make completely wet; soak. Other definition of drench is to give liquid medicine to, esp by force. Drench is also the act or an instance of drenching.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRENCH

PRESENT

Present
I drench
you drench
he/she/it drenches
we drench
you drench
they drench
Present continuous
I am drenching
you are drenching
he/she/it is drenching
we are drenching
you are drenching
they are drenching
Present perfect
I have drenched
you have drenched
he/she/it has drenched
we have drenched
you have drenched
they have drenched
Present perfect continuous
I have been drenching
you have been drenching
he/she/it has been drenching
we have been drenching
you have been drenching
they have been drenching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I drenched
you drenched
he/she/it drenched
we drenched
you drenched
they drenched
Past continuous
I was drenching
you were drenching
he/she/it was drenching
we were drenching
you were drenching
they were drenching
Past perfect
I had drenched
you had drenched
he/she/it had drenched
we had drenched
you had drenched
they had drenched
Past perfect continuous
I had been drenching
you had been drenching
he/she/it had been drenching
we had been drenching
you had been drenching
they had been drenching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will drench
you will drench
he/she/it will drench
we will drench
you will drench
they will drench
Future continuous
I will be drenching
you will be drenching
he/she/it will be drenching
we will be drenching
you will be drenching
they will be drenching
Future perfect
I will have drenched
you will have drenched
he/she/it will have drenched
we will have drenched
you will have drenched
they will have drenched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been drenching
you will have been drenching
he/she/it will have been drenching
we will have been drenching
you will have been drenching
they will have been drenching
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would drench
you would drench
he/she/it would drench
we would drench
you would drench
they would drench
Conditional continuous
I would be drenching
you would be drenching
he/she/it would be drenching
we would be drenching
you would be drenching
they would be drenching
Conditional perfect
I would have drench
you would have drench
he/she/it would have drench
we would have drench
you would have drench
they would have drench
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been drenching
you would have been drenching
he/she/it would have been drenching
we would have been drenching
you would have been drenching
they would have been drenching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you drench
we let´s drench
you drench
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to drench
Past participle
drenched
Present Participle
drenching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRENCH

alebench · bench · blench · clench · Dench · entrench · French · indrench · intrench · kench · quench · retrench · stench · Swiss-French · tench · trench · unclench · wench · workbench · wrench

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRENCH

dregginess · dreggish · dreggy · dregs · Dreibund · dreich · dreidel · dreigh · dreikanter · Dreiser · drenched · drencher · drenching · Drenthe · drepanid · drepanium · drerihead · Dresden · Dresden china · dress

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRENCH

Allen wrench · Anglo-French · bedrench · Canadian French · hex key wrench · Law French · lug wrench · Middle French · monkey wrench · Norman French · oceanic trench · Old French · Old North French · pin wrench · slit trench · socket wrench · spanner wrench · Stillson wrench · the bench · the French · torque wrench

Synonyms and antonyms of drench in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DRENCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drench» and belong to the same grammatical category.
dose · drown · duck · flood · imbrue · inundate · physic · purge · saturate · soak · souse · steep · swamp · wet

Translation of «drench» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DRENCH

Find out the translation of drench to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of drench from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drench» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

浸湿
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

empapar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

drench
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सराबोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُبَلِّلُ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

намочить
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ficar ensopado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিষিক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

tremper
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

basah kuyup
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

durchnässen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

びしょぬれにする
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

흠뻑 적시다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Drench
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm ướt sũng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நனை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ओलावा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ıslatma
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

infradiciare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zmoczyć
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

мочити
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a îmbiba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταβρέχω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurdrenking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dränka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjennombløte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drench

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRENCH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of drench
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drench

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «DRENCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word drench.
1
Amos Bronson Alcott
Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.
2
Amy Lowell
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRENCH»

Discover the use of drench in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drench and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Psychosocial aspects of health care
Comprehensive in scope and depth, evidence-based, and current, this book addresses a variety of integrated psychosocial topics involving patients/clients, families, and other caregivers affected by pathology, impairment, functional ...
Meredith E. Drench, Ann Cassidy Noonan, Nancy Sharby, 2003
2
Running a Small Flock of Sheep
(See 'Drenches and drench resistance' below.) Select for worm resistant sheep. It is early days in the development of worm resistant strains of sheep. Selecting for or buying lines of more resistant sheep will be an important step in managing ...
David Grenville Hinton, 2006
3
Farming Meat Goats: Breeding, Production and Marketing
It is important that the correct dose of drench be used and that goats are not drenched too frequently and neither overdosed nor underdosed, either of which may induce drench resistance in worms. Overdosing with some drenches can have ...
Barbara Vincent, 2005
4
Pesticide Residues in Food - 2000: Evaluations 2000. Part 1 ...
Evaluations 2000. Part 1 - Residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 754 thiabendazole. Crop 1/F Country Form Application Waiting time, days Method e ai/t 1/t g ai/1 No. Dominican SL220 Dip, drench or spray 0.2- 0.4 ...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
5
Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool
have worm populations resistant to more than one drench group. On many farms with drench resistance, drenches or combinations of drenches will be partially effective (e.g. 70–95%) and provide a reasonable clinical response, though ...
Jane Court, Sue Hides, John Webb-Ware, 2010
6
Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Sheep and Cattle: Biology and ...
Drench rotation within seasons Alternating drench families within season (i.e., between weaning and the development of effective immunity) should, in theory, have no measurable impact on drench efficacy against susceptible worms but ...
Ian Sutherland, Ian Scott, 2009
7
The Happy Horse: How to Find One and how to Keep it that Way
Push the plunger in the syringe until all the drench is in the horse's mouth. Don't be in a rush to pull it out, and wipe it clean on the horse's tongue as you do. With your left hand push the horse's head up by the jaw, to make sure it swallows the ...
Iain Coleman, 2003
8
A Supplement to the Pharmacopœia and Treatise on ...
This purgative drench is usually succeeded by a clyster immediately afterwards. Drench fob hoven cattle. Natron ppd. 4 oz., castor oil f pint, water a pint ; for a dose. Drench for scouring rot in horned cattle. Mutton suet boiled in milk. Purging  ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1836
9
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
It is proper, in compounding a drench, that the substances composing it be thoroughly mixed with each other. It not unfrequently happens, that oils or balsams are given by way of drench, without any pains having been taken to combine them ...
10
Lawn and Residential Landscape Pest Control: A Guide for ...
Soil drench pesticide application. Following label directions, measure the insecticide into a bucket, dilute it with water, and pour it onto soil near the base of the tree trunk or bush. Calibrating for Soil Drench Applications. Soil drenching ( Figure ...
Susan Cohen, Mary Louise Flint, Nila Hines, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRENCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drench is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Heavy rainstorms drench Western Wisconsin
Heavy rainstorms drench Western Wisconsin. River Falls and Hudson saw more than 7 inches of rain Monday. By Rich Kremer | Wisconsin ... «Ashland Daily Press, Jul 15»
2
Smash and grab job at Inglewood vet clinic
"The products we're selling are only sold at veterinary outlets, so if people are offered drench that you can only get from a vet, then it's probably ... «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 15»
3
James Montgomery training with Wolves
Kittrick added: “Monty is bigger than Steve Drench, who I had at Guiseley and has been the best keeper in Conference North for the last three ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
4
Rain: For some, it's an inch or more in a drench
Some midday showers were heavy in north-central Kansas on Monday, dousing summer heat with a quick-moving storm. In 20 minutes ... «Salina Journal, Jul 15»
5
Drench makes good case for the defence
GUISELEY made arguably their best summer signing when Steve Drench agreed a new deal with the Lions ahead of the inaugural National League campaign. «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
6
Drench: Promotion was culmination of team effort going back years
GUISELEY keeper Steve Drench re-affirmed his commitment to the club this week by quitting his job with Blackburn Rovers to free himself up for the forthcoming ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
7
Heavy rain, thunderstorms drench the Cape
It was a wild Wednesday morning on the Cape as heavy rain and thunderstorms swept through. A tornado warning was in effect for parts of the ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
8
Summer Storms Drench San Diego Area, Bring Lightning
Summer Storms Drench San Diego Area, Bring Lightning. The afternoon squalls resulted in hundreds of lightning strikes in the county, ... «Patch.com, Jun 15»
9
Heavy showers drench Jaipur, rain exposes ill-preparedness of …
JAIPUR: People were pleasantly surprised on Monday evening when moderate to heavy showers lashed several places of the state. Since the ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
10
Corn, soy prices soar as storms drench US Midwest
image CHICAGO: US corn futures hit their highest level in two months and soybeans topped $10 a bushel on concerns about excessive rains in ... «Business Recorder, Jun 15»
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