different between oversupply vs drench
oversupply
English
Etymology
From over- +? supply.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??v?s??pl??/
Verb
oversupply (third-person singular simple present oversupplies, present participle oversupplying, simple past and past participle oversupplied)
- To supply more than is needed.
Noun
oversupply (countable and uncountable, plural oversupplies)
- An excessive supply. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401:
- He does not like twisting arms, LBJ's forte, preferring the force of reason, a commodity not in over-supply in the nation's capital.
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401:
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drench
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English drenchen, from Old English dren?an, from Proto-Germanic *drankijan? (compare Dutch drenken ‘to get a drink’, German tränken ‘to water, give a drink’), causative of *drinkan? (“to drink”). More at drink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Noun
drench (plural drenches)
- A draught administered to an animal.
- (obsolete) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.
- A drench of wine has with success been us'd,
And through a horn the gen'rous juice infus'd,
Which, timely taken, op'd his closing jaws,
But, if too late, the patient's death did cause.
- A drench of wine has with success been us'd,
- 1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy
- I took up the 'Christian Scientist' book and read half of it, then took a dipperful of drench and read the other half.
Translations
Verb
drench (third-person singular simple present drenches, present participle drenching, simple past and past participle drenched)
- To soak, to make very wet.
- Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; / Their moisture has already drenched the plain.
- To cause to drink; especially, to dose (e.g. a horse) with medicine by force.
Related terms
- drenched (adjective)
- drenching (noun)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English dreng, from Old English dreng (“warrior, soldier”), from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz, cognate to Old Norse drengr.
Noun
drench (plural drenches)
- (obsolete, Britain) A military vassal, mentioned in the Domesday Book.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
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