Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - drench
Drench
drench
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a wet thoroughly (was drenched by the rain). b saturate; soak (in liquid). 2 force (an animal) to take medicine. 3 archaic cause to drink. --n. 1 a soaking; a downpour. 2 medicine administered to an animal. 3 archaic a medicinal or poisonous draught. Etymology: OE drencan, drenc f. Gmc: rel. to DRINK
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I. noun Date: before 12th century a poisonous or medicinal drink, 2. something that ~es, a quantity sufficient to ~ or saturate, II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drencan; akin to Old English drincan to drink Date: before 12th century 1. to force to drink, to administer a ~ to (an animal), to wet thoroughly (as by soaking or immersing in liquid), to soak or cover thoroughly with liquid that falls or is precipitated, to fill or cover completely as if by soaking or precipitation , see: soak ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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