Definition of: drench

(drench) v.t.
1. To wet thoroughly; soak.
2. In veterinary medicine, to administer a potion to; force to swallow a draft.
—noun
1. A liquid medicine, administered by compulsion, as to a horse.
2. A large draft or quantity of fluid.
3. A water solution for drenching.
4. The act of drenching; also, that which drenches. [OE drencan cause to drink]
—drench′er noun