durchnässen — meaning in English

English meaning

• drench verb To soak someone or something completely by pouring or splashing liquid on it, or by immersing it.
• soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
• wet adj Covered in or soaked with liquid, usually water.

Senses

durchnässen is used for these senses in English:

• bedraggle (transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.
• 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.
• soak (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
• wet (transitive) To cover or impregnate with 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.

soak — full definition

1. verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.
2. verb Informal: to charge someone an excessive amount of money.
3. noun A period of being immersed in liquid.

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