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Drenches

To soak, to make very wet.

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  1. 1

    To soak, to make very wet.

  2. 2

    To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.

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douseverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
dowsenoun(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
soakverb(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
sopnounA piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
sousenoun(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
swampnounAn area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
imbrueverb(transitive) To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’].
dominatesverbTo govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
dousesverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
drownsverb(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
hosesnoun(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
sinksverb(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
sopsnounpiece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
soaksverb(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
spraysnounA fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
slathersnounTo spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.
moistensverb(transitive) To make moist or moister.
lathersnounA surname.
whitensverb(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
frizzingverb(intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

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