Drenching

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of soaking or covering with water; a thorough wetting.
  • noun. In vet. med., a dose of liquid medicine; a drench.
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  • verb. Present participle of drench.
  • noun. The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
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  • noun. the act of making something completely wet
  • Word Usage
    "(Even the hypnotizing black mammoth would lumber off on hearing those words, not wishing to be hit by the unpleasant drenching from a big bowl of water which would come next)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wetting  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
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    verb-stem
    drench