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kastelu — 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.
  • irrigation noun The supplying of water to land, usually through channels or pipes, so that crops can grow.
  • watering noun The act of pouring or supplying water onto something, such as plants or land.
  • wetting noun The act or process of making something wet.

Senses

kastelu is used for these senses in English:

  • drench An amount of water or some other liquid that will make someone or something completely wet.
  • irrigation The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
  • sluicing The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
  • watering An act of watering, i.e. pouring water on something, or diluting a liquid.

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.

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