Drenching
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
"[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration."
- 2 the act of making something completely wet wordnet
- 3 The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
"Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of drench form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That causes one to become extremely wet.
"We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend."
Example
More examples"We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.