About The Word Douse
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Douse
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What's The Definition Of Douse?
[v] cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
[v] slacken; "douse a rope" [v] lower quickly; "douse a sail" [v] immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup" [v] dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [v] wet thoroughly [v] put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" Synonyms | Synonyms for Douse: dip | dip | dowse | dowse | drench | duck | dunk | plunge | put out | soak | sop | souse | souse Related Terms | Find terms related to Douse: bang | baptize | bash | bat | belt | blow out | bop | bury | cast off | choke | crack | damp | deluge | dip | doff | drench | drop | drown | duck | dunk | engulf | extinguish | immerge | immerse | inundate | merge | out | overwhelm | plash | plunge in water | put off | put out | quench | remove | sink | slack | slam | slip out of | slop | slosh | smack | smash | smother | snuff | snuff out | soak | sop | souse | spatter | splatter | splosh | splurge | spurtle | stamp out | step out of | stifle | submerge | submerse | swash | take off | throw off | undo | unwrap | wet | whelm See Also | bate | bedraggle | brine | dabble | douse | douse | duck | dunk | extinguish | flush | furl | immerse | plunge | quench | remit | ret | roll up | slacken | sluice | sop | souse | wet | wet Douse In Webster's Dictionary \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the
fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and
noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to
dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
as, douse the topsail.
\Douse\, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras. \Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] `` To douse the glim.'' --Sir W. Scott. |
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