drench-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: (Cause to) be covered with liquid, possibly submerging.

Examples:
The tsunami drenched every boat in the harbor.
Hot water drenched his face.
He drenched his face with sudsy water.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fill-9.8
FrameNet: Cause_to_be_wet
PropBank: drench.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: Force to drink.

Commentary:
NOTE: archaic meaning. Literally to submit to a "drench," a measure of medicine.

Examples:
We drench the patient, then wait for results.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Permeate or impregnate.

Commentary:
NOTE: May be metaphorical.

Examples:
The war drenched the country in blood.
He drenched his rhetoric in sarcasm.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3