Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drench

/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
drench
IPA
/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink.

Transitive verb

verb

To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.

Transitive verb

verb

To drown (someone).

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To overwhelm (someone); to drown, to engulf.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To be drowned; also, to be immersed in water.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (noun). Cognates * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌺 (draggk), 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺 (dragk, “beverage, drink”) * Old Dutch *dranc, (Middle Dutch dranc, modern Dutch drank (“beverage, drink”)) * Old High German tranc, tranch (Middle High German tranc, modern German Trank (“drink; potion”)) * Old Saxon dranc

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰrenǵ-, drench, drenċ, *dranki, *drankiz, drenchen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /dɹɛnt͡ʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

endrench indrench

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Questions

How do you pronounce drench?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹɛnt͡ʃ/.
What does drench mean?
A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
Where does drench come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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