Analysis Complete

drench

/ drench /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
Type of:
wet
Kinds of:
brine bedraggle bate ret sluice
Derived:
drenching soaking souse sousing downpour
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
force to drink
Type of:
provide supply ply
Causes:
drink imbibe
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
animal animate being beast
verb Sense 3
permeate or impregnate
"The war drenched the country in blood"
Type of:
impregnate saturate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb Sense 4
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
"The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
Type of:
flood
Derived:
swamp swampland
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
43%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

Word Relationship Graph

Synonyms Antonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms

Related Words

wet brine bedraggle bate ret sluice provide supply ply impregnate saturate flood