verb
definition
To soak, to make very wet.
definition
To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
Examples of drenching in a Sentence
Clouds drifted away from a full moon, drenching the patio with soft lunar light.
Standard fruit trees must be left to take their chance; and, indeed from the lateness of their flowering, they are generally more injured by blight, and by drenching rains, which wash away the pollen of the flowers, than by the direct effects of cold.
The world exploded into life, sucking the air from her lungs and drenching her.
This period of dry heat, having lasted three or four hours or longer, comes to an end in perspiration, at first a mere moistness of the skin, passing into sweating that may be profuse and even drenching.
Drenching rains flood the animals' dens and either drown the creatures or force them to look for new territory closer to populated areas.
This Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion, part of the Spa Treatments collection, does a quick and effective job in drenching the skin with moisture.
Let's get the hell out of this drenching rain.
There remained a short but muddy and drenching hike, only partially covered by the inadequate umbrella.
And then the rain came, drenching the cabin as if a giant were emptying a huge bucket.
The year is divided into a wet and dry season, the former from January to June, when the hot days are followed by nights of drenching rain.
While the warm sun drenched them and there wasn't a cloud in sight, they'd learned from recent experience that mountain weather could blow in misery at a moment's notice and replace the sunshine with drenching, chilling rain.