Drench vs French - What's the difference?
drench | french |
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
* Shakespeare
To soak, to make very wet.
* Dryden
To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
(obsolete, UK) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.
* 1997 , Albert Valdman, French and Creole in Louisiana , page 29
* 2004 , Jack Flam, Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship , page 18
(surname)
People of France, collectively.
* 2002 , Jeremy Thornton, The French and Indian War , page 14
(informal) Vulgar language.
Of or relating to France.
Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
Of or relating to the .
To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
* 1988 , Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories , page 151
To kiss in this manner.
* 1995 , Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence , page 87
As verbs the difference between drench and french
is that drench is to soak, to make very wet while french is to prepare food by cutting it into strips.As a noun drench
is a draught administered to an animal or drench can be (obsolete|uk) a military vassal, mentioned in the domesday book.drench
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) drenchen, from (etyl) . More at drink.Noun
(es)- A drench of wine.
- Give my roan horse a drench .
Verb
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
Etymology 2
Anglo-Saxon dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icelandic drengr.Noun
(es)- (Burrill)
french
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French .
- Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.
See also
* (fr) * Language listNoun
- The French and the English have often been at war.
- On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.
- Pardon my French .
Usage notes
When used to refer collectively to people of France, the word French is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner.Derived terms
* pardon my FrenchAdjective
(en adjective)- the French border with Italy
- French customs
- French verbs
Derived terms
* French bean, french bean * French berry * French braid * French bread * French-Canadian * French casement * French chalk * French corner * French cowslip * French curl * French curve * French-cut * French defence, French defense * French dip * French door * French dressing, french dressing * French Equatorial Africa * French fact * French fake * French fits * French fries, french fries * French grey * French grip * French Guiana * French Guinea * French harp * French honeysuckle * French horn * French India * French Indochina * French kiss * French knickers * French knot * French lavender * French letter * French lilac * French loaf * French lock * French Louisiana * French maid * Frenchman * French Morocco * French mulberry * French mullet * French mustard * French onion soup * French pancake * French paradox * French pie * French plait * French polish * French Polynesia * French pox * French purple * French Quarter * French red * French Republican Calendar, French Revolutionary Calendar * French rice * French Riviera * French roast * French roll * French roof * French rose * French rye * French sash * French seam * French Somaliland * French sorrel * French Southern and Antarctic Lands * French spacing * French spinach * French stick * French-style * French Sudan * French tickler * French toast, french toast * French Togoland * French trumpet * French tub * * French twist * French vanilla * French West Africa * French window, french window * French wire * Frenchwoman * take French leaveVerb
(es)- Tom frenched her full in the mouth.
- Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.