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doordrenken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drench verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  • imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.

Senses

doordrenken is used for these senses in English:

  • drench To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
  • imbue In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

drench — full definition

  1. verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
  2. noun A dose of medicine given to an animal, often forced down its throat.

imbue — full definition

  1. verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  2. verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.

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