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abreuver — 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.
  • overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
  • Water noun The clear liquid (H2O) that falls as rain and fills rivers, lakes, and seas, essential to all known life.

Senses

abreuver 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.
  • overwhelm To engulf, surge over and submerge.
  • water (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

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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