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Grammar : Noun
Spell : drench
Phonetic Transcription : drɛntʃ



Definition of drencher

Origin :
  • c.1200, "to submerge, drown," from Old English drencan "give drink to, ply with drink, make drunk; soak, saturate; submerge, drown," causative of drincan "to drink" (see drink), from Proto-Germanic *drankijan (cf. Old Norse drekkja, Swedish dränka, Dutch drenken, German tränken, Gothic dragkjan "to give to drink"). Sense of "to wet thoroughly by throwing liquid over" is from c.1550. Related: Drenched; drenching.
  • As in rain : noun downpour of water or other substance
  • As in deluge : noun downpour, flood of something
  • As in downpour : noun tremendous pouring of rain
  • As in flood : noun overwhelming flow, quantity
Example sentences :
  • There is the case of the Drencher which well illustrates this.
  • Extract from : « King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 » by E. Keble Chatterton
  • Mr. Mabie said that when it did come we'd likely get a drencher.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums After Big Game » by Captain Quincy Allen
  • It is going to be a drencher, and it is of no use our getting wet through to begin with.
  • Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty

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