drench
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
Types & categories
- flood hypernym
Related & opposite
- swamp derivation
Sense 2 verb
force to drink
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
permeate or impregnate
The war drenched the country in blood
Types & categories
- impregnate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse water on his hot face
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swamp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flood |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | drink |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | impregnate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drenching |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | brine |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedraggle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ret |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sluice |