"drench" meaning in English

See drench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /drɛntʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drench.wav [UK] Forms: drench [singular], drenches [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=drenches}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A drench is a medical or poisonous drink given to an animal.
    Sense id: simple-drench-en-noun-S-clIsvQ

Verb

IPA: /drɛntʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drench.wav [UK] Forms: drench [canonical], drenches [third-person, singular], drenched [past], drenched [past, participle], drenching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|drench|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are drenched, you are very wet all over.
    Sense id: simple-drench-en-verb-fkrNSIM1
  2. If you drench an animal, you dose it with medicine by force.
    Sense id: simple-drench-en-verb-~5-duewu
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