<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to wet thoroughly; soak.</li><li>to saturate by immersion in a liquid; steep.</li><li>to cover or fill completely; bathe: trees drenched with sunlight.</li><li>Veterinary Medicine: to administer a draft of medicine to (an animal), especially by force: to drench a horse.</li><li>Archaic: to cause to drink.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the act of drenching.</li><li>something that drenches: a drench of rain.</li><li>a preparation for drenching or steeping.</li><li>a solution, especially one of fermenting bran, for drenching hides or skins.</li><li>a large drink or draft.</li><li>a draft of medicine, especially one administered to an animal by force.</li><li>Horticulture: a mixture of pesticide and water applied to the soil surrounding a plant.</li></ul>