drench
/drentʃ/verb
उच्चारण ड्रेन्च
तर-बतर करना
Core word
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to make somebody or something completely wet
तर-बतर करना
- drenched in the rain
- A sudden shower drenched the cricketers just before the toss.
- The heavy rain drenched everyone waiting at the bus stop.
+ 2 more examples
- The children drenched each other with water on Holi.
- A wave drenched the fishermen as they pulled in the net.
Synonyms soak saturate wet douse
Opposite dry
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
drench + sb / sth (in / with sth)
Drench is a transitive verb; the liquid is introduced by in or with: drenched in rain, drenched with sweat.
'Drench' सकर्मक क्रिया है; तरल को 'in' या 'with' से जोड़ा जाता है: drenched in rain, drenched with sweat।
- The rain drenched the spectators.
- He was drenched with sweat after the run.
be / get drenched (passive and adjective)
Be drenched and get drenched describe the state of being completely wet; they are very common.
'Be drenched' और 'get drenched' पूरी तरह भीगी अवस्था बताते हैं; ये बहुत आम हैं।
- We got drenched on the way back from school.
- Radhika was drenched to the skin.
drenched to the skin / bone
The fixed phrase drenched to the skin means so wet that the water reaches your body.
'Drenched to the skin' इतना भीगना है कि पानी शरीर तक पहुँच जाए।
- The farmers were drenched to the skin in the first monsoon shower.
drench (figurative)
Figuratively, a thing can be drenched in light, colour or sunshine.
लाक्षणिक रूप से कोई चीज़ रोशनी, रंग या धूप में नहा सकती है: drenched in light।
- The temple was drenched in the golden light of sunset.
+Collocations 4
drench + noun
clothescrowdfieldcarpetaudience
- The water cannon drenched the crowd.
drenched + in / with
in rainin sweatwith waterin sunlightin bloodin perfume
- The boy came home drenched in rain.
adverb + drenched
completelythoroughlysoakingutterlytotally
- The children were completely drenched after playing in the rain.
get / be + drenched
getbefeellookend up
- We ended up drenched after the boat tipped.
“More examples 5
- A sudden shower drenched everyone waiting at the bus stop.
अचानक हुई बौछार ने बस स्टॉप पर खड़े सभी लोगों को भिगो दिया।
- Radhika forgot her umbrella and was drenched by the time she reached college.
राधिका अपना छाता भूल गई और कॉलेज पहुँचने तक पूरी भीग चुकी थी।
- During Holi, everyone gets drenched in colour and water.
होली में सब लोग रंग और पानी से सराबोर हो जाते हैं।
- The wedding hall was drenched in the light of hundreds of lamps.
विवाह-स्थल सैकड़ों दीपों की रोशनी में नहाया हुआ था।
- The cricket pitch was drenched, so play was stopped.
क्रिकेट की पिच भीग चुकी थी, इसलिए खेल रोक दिया गया।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all mean very wet, but they differ in how much water and how it got there.
ये सभी अत्यधिक गीले होने के अर्थ में हैं, पर पानी की मात्रा और कारण में अंतर है।
To make something completely and suddenly wet, often by rain or a thrown liquid.
किसी चीज़ को अचानक और पूरी तरह गीला कर देना, प्रायः बारिश या फेंके गए द्रव से।
- The monsoon drenched the town.
To leave something in liquid or to make it very wet slowly.
किसी चीज़ को द्रव में छोड़ना या धीरे-धीरे बहुत गीला करना।
- Soak the lentils overnight.
To fill something with liquid until it can hold no more; formal and technical.
किसी चीज़ को इतना भर देना कि और द्रव न समा सके; formal और तकनीकी।
- The soil was saturated after weeks of rain.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Drenched to the skin (completely wet).
Collocation 'drenched to the skin' (पूरी तरह भीगा हुआ)।