Drenching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Drenching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of drench.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of drench.
More Meanings
- That causes one to become extremely wet.
- The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
- The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
Example Sentences
We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.
Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]
In its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center noted that in its initial entry onto land, the storm remains a drenching, windy threat.
[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
Word Forms
- drenchings
Synonyms for drenching
Depending on context, synonyms include souse, soaking, sousing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sousing, soaking, souse, sopping, adrip, showerful.
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