Link Centre Dictionary

drenching

drenc·hing

US/ˈdrɛntʃɪŋ/ uncommon

noun

1.

the act of making something completely wet

  • “he gave it a good drenching”
Synonyms

Origin

From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.