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# drenching

noun or adjective (drench, drenches, drenched, drenching)

«drenching» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

a heavy soaking with water; very wet [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drenching/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a long, cold soaking by rain or sea, after which a person is warmed by a fire

### Examples

- The drenching rain flooded the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drenching/#x1)
- After his drenching he sat by the fire to get warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drenching/#x2)
- We walked home in the drenching storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drenching/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drenching» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drenching/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drenching» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drenching.html) on Mova free.