Douse

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To wet thoroughly; drench.
  • transitive verb. To put out (a light or fire); extinguish.
  • noun. A thorough drenching.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put out; extinguish.
  • To strike.
  • Nautical, to strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly: as, douse the topsail.
  • To thrust or plunge into a fluid; immerse; dip; also, to drench or flood with a fluid.
  • To fall or be plunged suddenly into a fluid.
  • To search for deposits of ore, for lodes, or for water, by the aid of the dousing- or divining-rod (which see).
  • noun. A blow; a stroke.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
  • transitive verb. To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly.
  • transitive verb. To put out; to extinguish.
  • intransitive verb. To fall suddenly into water.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To strike.
  • verb. To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
  • noun. A blow; stroke.
  • verb. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
  • verb. To fall suddenly into water.
  • verb. To put out; to extinguish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
  • verb. put out, as of a candle or a light
  • verb. dip into a liquid
  • verb. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • verb. wet thoroughly
  • verb. lower quickly
  • verb. slacken
  • Word Usage
    "Thanks for "douse" which reminds me of a reflexive verb that I had wanted to include in the story: "se tartiner"."
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    Form
    doused  dousing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blow out  dip  dunk  extinguish  furl  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gauss  House  Klaus  Laos  Strauss  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bang  baptize  bash  bat  belt  
    verb-form
    doused  douses  dousing