douse

douse ¹ also dowse  (dous)

v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es

v.tr.

1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip.

2. To wet thoroughly; drench.

3. To put out (a light or fire); extinguish.

v.intr.

To become thoroughly wet.

n.

A thorough drenching.

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[From obsolete douse, to strike.]

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douser n.

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douse ²  (douz)

v.

Variant of dowse¹.

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douse¹, dowse [daʊs]

vb

1. to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid; duck

2. (tr) to drench with water, esp in order to wash or clean

3. (tr) to put out (a light, candle, etc.)

n

an immersion

[perhaps related to obsolete douse to strike, of obscure origin]

douser , dowser n

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douse²

vb (tr)

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical to lower (sail) quickly

2. Archaic to strike or beat

n

Archaic a blow

[of uncertain origin; perhaps related to douse¹]

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douse, dowse - Douse first meant "knock, punch, strike" and now means "to extinguish or wet thoroughly"; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod.

See also related terms for minerals.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	douse - put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" put out blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out - put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
	2.	douse - wet thoroughly dowse wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
	3.	douse - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" duck, dip dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
	4.	douse - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" dip, dunk, souse, plunge sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" douse, duck, dip - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
	5.	douse - lower quickly; "douse a sail" furl, roll up - form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"
	6.	douse - slacken; "douse a rope" dowse slacken, remit - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
	7.	douse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" souse, soak, sop, dowse, drench wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" brine - soak in brine bedraggle, draggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" ret - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"

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douse dowse

verb

1. put out, smother, blow out, extinguish, snuff (out) The crew began to douse the fire.

2. drench, soak, steep, saturate, duck, submerge, immerse, dunk, souse, plunge into water They doused him in petrol.

Translations

douse [daʊs] VT (with water) → mojar (with con) [+ flames, light] → apagar

douse [ˈdaʊs] vt

(with water) → tremper, inonder
to douse sth/sb with sth → arroser qch/qn de qch

[+ flames, fire] → éteindre

douse

vt

(= pour water over) → Wasser schütten über (+acc); (= put into water) → ins Wasser tauchen; plants → reichlich wässern; to douse somebody/something in or with petrol → jdn/etw mit Benzin übergießen

light → ausmachen, löschen

douse [daʊs] vt (with water) → infradiciare; (flames) → spegnere