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Definition of "drench" [drench]
- To wet through and through; soak. (verb-transitive)
- To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). (verb-transitive)
- To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money. (verb-transitive)
- The act of wetting or becoming wet through and through. (noun)
- Something that drenches: a drench of rain. (noun)
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Use "drench" in a sentence
- "Sustainable Control of Parasites group (SCOPs) is to use a white (BZ) drench, which is effective against nematodirus and suitable for young lambs, says Ms Philips."
- "One day we had to play the goat doctors giving them a good "drench", some liquid medicine."
- "The song is 'drench' in sex, and it's the first time I've ever heard a pop song with the words video for the album is the song "Red State / Blue State"."