Downpour is a related term of drench.
As nouns the difference between downpour and drench
is that
downpour is a heavy rain while
drench is a draught administered to an animal or
drench can be (obsolete|uk) a military vassal, mentioned in the domesday book.
As verbs the difference between downpour and drench
is that
downpour is to pour down; rain heavily while
drench is to soak, to make very wet.
downpour English
Noun
( en noun)
a heavy rain
- They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
Synonyms
* cloudburst
* deluge
* rain
* rainstorm
* storm
* wet
* torrent
* monsoon
* inundation
Related terms
* rain cats and dogs
Verb
( en verb)
To pour down; rain heavily.
* 2002 , Patricia Koretchuk, Chasing the comet: a Scottish-Canadian life - Page 211 :
- It started to downpour , so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
Derived terms
* (l)
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drench English
Etymology 1
(etyl) drenchen, from (etyl) . More at drink.
Noun
( es)
A draught administered to an animal.
(obsolete) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
* Dryden
- A drench of wine.
* Shakespeare
- Give my roan horse a drench .
Verb
To soak, to make very wet.
* Dryden
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
Related terms
* drenched
Etymology 2
Anglo-Saxon dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icelandic drengr.
Noun
( es)
(obsolete, UK) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
- (Burrill)
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