douse (redirected from dowses)

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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douse or dowse [rhymes with mouse]

Verb

[dousing, doused] or dowsing, dowsed

1. to drench with water or other liquid

2. to put out (a light) [origin unknown]

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 or dowse

verb 1. put out, smother, blow out, extinguish, snuff (out)

verb 2. drench, soak, steep, saturate, duck, submerge, immerse, dunk, souse, plunge into water

Translations

douse [daus] vt (= drench) (with water) → mojar (= extinguish) [+ flames] → apagar

douse [dauz] vt (with water) → tremper, inonder [+ flames]; éteindre

douse [dauz] vt → Wasser schütten über +acc;

(extinguish) → löschen;

to douse with → übergießen mit

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