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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
drenched
    adj 1: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
           combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
           meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
   causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
   dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
   1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
      potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
      violently by physic.
      [1913 Webster]

            As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
            make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
                                                  --Trench.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
      saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
      [1913 Webster]

            Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
            Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Drenched:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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