| VERB | weather | drench, swamp | drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumption | drench | force to drink | |
| change | drench, imbrue | permeate or impregnate | |
| change | drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | cover with liquid / liquid |
| Sounds | dreh'nch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bench / Bench ... wrench: 12 rhymes with ehnch... | |
| Meaning | drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | swamp | |
| Broader | flood | Cover with liquid / liquid, usually water |
| Spanish | empapar, mojar | |
| Catalan | amarar-se, mullar-se, posar-se xop | |
| Meaning | Force to drink. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| Cause to | drink, imbibe | take in liquids / liquids |
| Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
| Meaning | permeate or impregnate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Model | The waters drench the area | |
| Example | "The war drenched the country in blood" | |
| Synonym | imbrue | |
| Broader | impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely |
| Spanish | bañar, calar, empapar | |
| Catalan | calar | |
| Meaning | Cover with liquid / liquid; pour liquid / liquid onto. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They drench the cloth with water and alcohol | |
| Synonyms | douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse | |
| Entailed by | macerate | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result |
| Narrower | bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments |
| bedraggle, draggle | make wet and dirty, as from rain | |
| brine | soak in brine | |
| ret | place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid / liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue | |
| sluice, flush | irrigate with water from a sluice | |
| Broader | wet | Cause to become wet |
| Spanish | absorber, bañar, empapar, lavar, mojar, remojar | |
| Catalan | absorbir, mullar, remullar, rentar, xopar | |
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