[drɛn(t)ʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- wet thoroughly; soak
(e.g: I fell in the stream and was drenched)

- forcibly administer a drug in liquid form orally to (an animal)
(e.g: three-times-a-year drenching for calves)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink

[drɛn(t)ʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dose of medicine administered to an animal
(e.g: a worming drench)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink