drench
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
- A dose or draught of liquid medicine administered to an animal.
Concepten
bevloeien
vochtig maken
water geven
doorweken
doordrenken
Synoniemen
dip in
heavy shower
soak in water
live up to
soak through
wet all over
make wet
make full
immerse in
wet thoroughly
make set
watersoak
immersion liquiol
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dɹɛnt͡ʃ/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (noun). cognates * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌺 (draggk), 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺 (dragk, “beverage, drink”) * Old Dutch *dranc, (Middle Dutch dranc, modern Dutch drank (“beverage, drink”)) * Old High German tranc, tranch (Middle High German tranc, modern German Trank (“drink; potion”)) * Old Saxon dranc
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