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DRENCHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
Example:
moon-drenched meadows
Synonyms:
drenched; drenched in
Classified under:
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb drench
Context examples:
He took it from my hand, held it up, and surveyed the bed, all blackened and scorched, the sheets drenched, the carpet round swimming in water.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Winter snows, I thought, had drifted through that void arch, winter rains beaten in at those hollow casements; for, amidst the drenched piles of rubbish, spring had cherished vegetation: grass and weed grew here and there between the stones and fallen rafters.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
While I walked under the dripping orange-trees of my wet garden, and amongst its drenched pomegranates and pine-apples, and while the refulgent dawn of the tropics kindled round me—I reasoned thus, Jane—and now listen; for it was true Wisdom that consoled me in that hour, and showed me the right path to follow.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
