{
    "term": "drench",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "drench",
            "heSheIt": "drenches"
        },
        "pastSimple": "drenched",
        "pastParticiple": "drenched",
        "ingForm": "drenching"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something completely wet",
            "sensetop": "be/get drenchedbe drenched in/with somethingdrench somebody/something/yourself in/with something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin.",
                    "contextForm": "be/get drenched"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His face was drenched with sweat.",
                    "contextForm": "be drenched in/with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She drenched herself in perfume.",
                    "contextForm": "drench somebody/something/yourself in/with something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "soak",
            "topics": ["Weather"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drentʃ/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drench__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrentʃɪz/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenches__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drentʃt/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenched__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrentʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenching__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drentʃ/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drench__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrentʃɪz/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenches__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drentʃt/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenched__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdrentʃɪŋ/",
                "audio": "dr/drench/drenching__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English drencan ‘force to drink’, drenc ‘a drink or draught’, of Germanic origin; related to German tränken (verb), Trank (noun), also to drink."
}