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drenching¹

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From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of drench

adjective more drenching · most drenching

  1. That causes one to become extremely wet. We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.

drenching²

Where it comes from

From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.

noun drenchings

  1. The act by which something is drenched; a soaking. […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
  2. The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal. Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]

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@misc{drenching_2026,
  title = {drenching},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drenching},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}