1. The act of making something completely wet
   "he gave it a good drenching";
   - soaking, souse, sousing

1. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "The rain drenched us completely";
   - douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
    
2. Make very wet or full of water
   "The tsunami drenched every boat in the harbour";
   - swamp
    
3. Stain or soak, especially with blood
   "The war drenched the country in blood";
   - imbrue
    
4. Force to drink
   "They drenched the horse with water after the race"

Derived forms: drenchings

Type of: cater, flood, impregnate, provide, put up, saturate, supply, wet, wetting

Encyclopedia: Drench, Steven