βρέχω verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Arabic

2 entries

بَلَّلَ verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
نَقَعَ verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Bulgarian

2 entries

намокрям verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
напоявам verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Catalan

1 entries

xopar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Corsican

1 entries

intinghje verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Czech

2 entries

promočit verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
zmáčet verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Dutch

1 entries

doordrenken verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Esperanto

2 entries

irigacii verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
saturi verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Finnish

4 entries

annos noun (dose or draft of medicine taken by a person; (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat)
annos noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)
kastelu noun (amount of water, etc., that will make someone or something completely wet)
juottaa verb (to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force)

French

3 entries

abreuver verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
saturer verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
tremper verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Galician

1 entries

enchoupar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

German

1 entries

durchnässen verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Ido

2 entries

arozegar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
trempar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Irish

4 entries

deoch leighis noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)
droinse noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)
báigh verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
folc verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Italian

2 entries

bagnare verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
infradiciare verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Japanese

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浸す verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Lithuanian

3 entries

girdyti verb (to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force)
pagirdyti verb (to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force)
sugirdyti verb (to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force)

Low German

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Drensch noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)

Macedonian

4 entries

до́за noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)
до́за ле́карство noun (dose or draft of medicine taken by a person; (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat)
до́за ле́карство noun (dose or draught of medicine administered to an animal)
мо́кри verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Māori

1 entries

kōpiro verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Old Armenian

1 entries

թանամ verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Persian

2 entries

خیس کردن verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
خیساندن verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Polish

1 entries

poić verb (to cause (someone) to drink; to provide (someone) with a drink; to administer a dose or draught of liquid medicine to (an animal), often by force)

Portuguese

2 entries

encharcar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
ensopar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Russian

3 entries

промачивать verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
пропи́тывать verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
пропита́ть verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kvȁsiti verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)
ква̏сити verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Spanish

1 entries

empapar verb (to make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it — see also saturate, soak)

Sample sentences

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After a while, dressing in the recommended long pants and long sleeved-shirt during a summer hike can really drench your clothes.

Source: tatoeba (8985177)

[T]hey need not carry ſuch an unvvorthy ſuſpicion over the Preachers of Gods vvord, as to tutor their unſoundneſſe vvith the Abcie of a Liturgy, or to diet their ignorance, and vvant of care, vvith the limited draught of a Mattin, and even ſong drench.

Source: wiktionary

Let ſuch bethink them, if the ſleepy drench / Of that forgetful Lake benumme not ſtill, / That in our proper motion we aſcend / Up to our native ſeat: deſcent and fall / To us is adverſe.

Source: wiktionary

Corpulence is a beauty: girls are fattened to a vast bulk by drenches of curds and cream thickened with flour, and are duly disciplined when they refuse.

Source: wiktionary

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