drench

English Thesaurus

1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

hypernym	:	wet,
definition	:	cause to become wet (verb.change)

hyponym	:	brine,
definition	:	soak in brine (verb.change)

hyponym	:	bedraggle, draggle,
definition	:	make wet and dirty, as from rain (verb.change)

hyponym	:	bate,
definition	:	soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments (verb.change)

hyponym	:	ret,
definition	:	place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue (verb.change)

hyponym	:	flush, sluice,
definition	:	irrigate with water from a sluice (verb.change)

2. permeate or impregnate (verb.change)

hypernym	:	impregnate, saturate,
definition	:	infuse or fill completely (verb.change)

3. force to drink (verb.consumption)

hypernym	:	cater, ply, provide, supply,
definition	:	give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance (verb.consumption)

cause	:	drink, imbibe,
definition	:	take in liquids (verb.consumption)

domain category	:	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna,
definition	:	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement (noun.tops)

4. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)

hypernym	:	flood,
definition	:	cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)

5. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	drenching, soaking, souse, sousing,
definition	:	the act of making something completely wet (noun.act)

derivation	:	cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout,
definition	:	a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

6. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)

derivation	:	swamp, swampland,
definition	:	low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object)

7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	drenching, soaking, souse, sousing,
definition	:	the act of making something completely wet (noun.act)

derivation	:	cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout,
definition	:	a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

8. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)

derivation	:	swamp, swampland,
definition	:	low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object)