Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drenched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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["a]nka, G. tr["a]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.
As ``to fell,'' is ``to make to fall,'' and ``to
lay,'' to make to lie.'' so ``to drench,'' is ``to
make to drink.'' --Trench.
2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to
saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.
Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their
moisture has already drenched the plain. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drenched
adj 1: wet through and through; thoroughly wet; "stood at the door
drenched (or soaked) by the rain"; "a shirt saturated
with perspiration"; "his shoes were sopping (or
soaking)"; "the speaker's sodden collar"; "soppy
clothes" [syn: {saturated}, {soaked}, {soaking}, {sodden},
{sopping}, {soppy}]
2: abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in
combination; "drenched in moonlight"; "moon-drenched
meadows" [syn: {drenched in}]
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