[1751] drench

[보카길라잡이]

tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es

1. To wet through and through; soak.
2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal).
3. To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money.

n.

1. The act of wetting or becoming wet through and through.
2. Something that drenches: a drench of rain.
3. A large dose of liquid medicine, especially one administered to an animal by pouring down the throat.

drench

v 1: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" [syn: swamp]

2: force to drink

3: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood" [syn: imbrue]

4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]

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drain

n 1: emptying accomplished by draining [syn: drainage]

2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drainpipe, waste pipe]

4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"

v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: run out]

2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"

3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble, debilitate]

[마스터현태]

drench 흠뻑 물에 적시다. 물에 담그다

[정사랑]

흠뻑 물에 적시다, 물에 담그다