drenching

Meanings

• Verb

  To saturate or soak something, especially with rain or water.

  - "The heavy rain drenched the streets."
  - "After the long hike, we all needed a good drenching in the pool."

• Noun

  A heavy downpour of rain.

  - "The drenching lasted for hours."
  - "The drenching destroyed the campsite."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with drenching
drenching , lurching , perching , enriching

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Variants

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drench , drenched , drencher , drenchers , drenches , drenching

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to wet thoroughly' in Middle English.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'drenching' comes from the Old English word 'drincan,' which means 'to drink' or 'to soak'.

2. In the 17th century, people would pay for a 'drenching' in the Thames River as a form of bathing and purification.

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Related Concepts

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1. Rain: Drenching is a type of rain, often used to describe a heavy downpour.

2. Soaking: Drenching is a form of soaking, where something is saturated with water or another liquid.

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Culture

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In literature, 'drenching' has been used to describe intense rainstorms, often with a sense of discomfort or danger. For example, in Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick,' the sailors are 'drenched to the skin' during a storm at sea.

How to Memorize "drenching"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a heavy rainstorm, imagine yourself getting wet from head to toe.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'drenching' with the feeling of being soaked to the skin.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the 'D' in 'drenching' stands for 'drenched'.

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