drenching
present participle ofdrench
drench
verb[T]
uk/drentʃ/us/drentʃ/[often passive]
to make someone or somethingextremelywet:
Asuddenthunderstormhad drenched usto theskin.
Theathleteswere drenchedwithsweat.
Shelikestoeatherpopcorndrenchedinchillisauce.
[usually passive]
to make something have a verylargeamountof aquality:
Theoperawaslightonplotandpositivelydrenchedincomedy.
Hisspeechdrewthunderousapplauseduring arallydrenchedwithpatriotism.
- He wouldwakein thenight, drenched inperspiration.
- If you drenchyoursaladindressingit won't be ashealthy.
- They got back to thecampsite, drenched withrain.
- Thefightlefthim drenched withblood.
- Rain had come in through thewindow, drenching thecarpet.
- Thetextis drenched inreligiousimagery.
- Hispresenceabsolutelydrenches themovieincool.
Wet weather & wetness
- clamminess
- damp
- dampness
- dankness
- dreich
- drench
- drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
- moist
- moisten
- monsoon
- saturate
- saturated
- soak
- soggily
- sogginess
- spongy
- sun shower
- waterlogged
- wetly
- wetness
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Large in number or quantity
Examplesofdrenching
drenching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Under-dosing is a common feature in goatdrenching, as specific dose rates have to be used at least for benzimidazoles and levamisole.
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Q fever is often a severe febrile illness associated with prominent headaches, constitutional symptoms anddrenchingsweats.
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Other problems such asdrenchingnight sweats and incontinence obviously lead to extra bathing and laundering requirements.
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I have mentioned the way in which we aredrenchingour countryside in chemicals and draining the wetlands to add to the food surplus.
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For many other chemicals one would have to sign a poison book, if it were an ordinary drug—and we aredrenchingour lands in this stuff.
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Patients typically experienced prodromal symptoms of fever, headaches, muscle aches, chills, anddrenchingsweats.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The craft featured two small boilers with pump connections for repelling boarders bydrenchingthem with scalding water from her hoses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Norkiah gets even bydrenchinghim with a pail of water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The storm crossed over the island and emerged as a weak hurricane afterdrenchingthe islands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Niclosamide is also extensively used in massdrenchingof sheep.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedrenchingwith water is doubtless a rain-charm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A sudden storm sometimes meant adrenchingfor the crowd of shelterless students and a ruined day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Monsoon rains, although hard anddrenching, are not normally associated with high winds and waves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His understanding of the epidemiology of internal parasitism and parasitic diseases of sheep allowed him to develop control strategies that minimised reliance ondrenching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Several of us were directly in the path of this, receiving a thoroughdrenching.
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