drenching
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, windy
VERB + DRENCHING
experiencing, remains, storm
DRENCHING + NOUN
houston, threat, weekend
ADV.
particularly
Definitions
adj
That causes one to become extremely wet.
We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.
In its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center noted that in its initial entry onto land, the storm remains a drenching, windy threat.
noun
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.
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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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.
WiktionaryIn its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center noted that in its initial entry onto land, the storm remains a drenching, windy threat.
WiktionaryThey walked me through the dynamics of what made this a particularly drenching storm, why Houston is so susceptible to flooding, and whether the decision not to evacuate the city was the right call.
Wiktionary[…] 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.
WiktionaryHorses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]
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