| slovo | definícia |
drench
(encz) | drench,promočit v: Zdeněk Brož |
drench
(encz) | drench,promoknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
drench
(encz) | drench,zmáčet v: Zdeněk Brož |
Drench
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel.
drengr.] (O. Eng. Law)
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.]
--Burrill.
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Drench
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.
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As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
--Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.
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Drench
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. drenc. See Drench, v. t.]
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured
or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes
purging. "A drench of wine." --Dryden.
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Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.
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drench
(wn) | drench
v 1: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The
tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" [syn: swamp,
drench]
2: force to drink
3: permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in
blood" [syn: imbrue, drench]
4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
souse] |
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sundrenched
(mass) | sun-drenched
- zaliatyslnkom |
drenched
(encz) | drenched,promáčený Jaroslav Šedivý |
drenched in
(encz) | drenched in, adj: |
drenches
(encz) | drenches, |
drenching
(encz) | drenching, n: |
sun-drenched
(encz) | sun-drenched,zalitý sluncem Zdeněk Brož |
Bedrench
(gcide) | Bedrench \Be*drench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching.]
To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. --Shak.
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Bedrenched
(gcide) | Bedrench \Be*drench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching.]
To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. --Shak.
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Bedrenching
(gcide) | Bedrench \Be*drench"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching.]
To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. --Shak.
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Drench
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel.
drengr.] (O. Eng. Law)
A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.]
--Burrill.
[1913 Webster]Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.
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As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
--Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Drench \Drench\, n. [AS. drenc. See Drench, v. t.]
A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured
or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes
purging. "A drench of wine." --Dryden.
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Give my roan horse a drench. --Shak.
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Drenche
(gcide) | Drenche \Drench"e\, v. t. & i.
To drown. [Obs.]
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In the sea he drenched. --Chaucer.
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Drenched
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.
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As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
--Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.
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Drencher
(gcide) | Drencher \Drench"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, west or steeps.
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2. One who administers a drench.
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Drenching
(gcide) | Drench \Drench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the
causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw.
dr[aum]nka, G. tr[aum]nken. See Drink.]
1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a
potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge
violently by physic.
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As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to
make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink."
--Trench.
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2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
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Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain;
Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
--Dryden.
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Horse-drench
(gcide) | Horse-drench \Horse"-drench`\, n.
1. A dose of physic for a horse. --Shak.
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2. The appliance by which the dose is administered.
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Indrench
(gcide) | Indrench \In*drench"\, v. t.
To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown. [Obs.] --Shak.
Indris |
Undrenched
(gcide) | Undrenched \Undrenched\
See drenched. |
drenched
(wn) | drenched
adj 1: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in] |
drenched in
(wn) | drenched in
adj 1: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: drenched, drenched in] |
drenching
(wn) | drenching
n 1: the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse,
sousing] |
sun-drenched
(wn) | sun-drenched
adj 1: covered with sunlight; "sun-drenched beaches along the
Riviera" |
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