douse

douse ¹

also dowse  (dous)

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

1. To wet thoroughly; drench.

2. To put out (a light or fire); extinguish: doused the campfire with a bucket of water.

n.

A thorough drenching.

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[From obsolete douse, to strike.]

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dous′er n.

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douse ²

 (douz)

v.

Variant of dowse¹.

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douse

(daʊs) or

dowse

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

[C16: perhaps related to obsolete douse to strike, of obscure origin]

ˈdouser, ˈdowser n

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douse

(daʊs)

vb (tr)

1. (Nautical Terms) nautical to lower (sail) quickly

2. archaic to strike or beat

n

archaic a blow

[C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to douse¹]

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douse

or dowse

(daʊs)

v. doused or dowsed, dous•ing or dows•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to plunge into water or the like; drench.

2. to throw water or other liquid on.

3. to extinguish: to douse a candle.

4. Informal. to doff.

v.i.

5. to plunge or be plunged into a liquid.

n.

6. Brit. Dial. a stroke or blow.

[1590–1600; orig. uncertain]

dous′er, n.

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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.

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douse

Past participle: doused
Gerund: dousing

Imperative

douse

douse

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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.

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douse

verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid:

dip, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse.

2. To make thoroughly wet:

drench, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wet.

3. To cause to stop burning or giving light:

extinguish, put out, quench, snuff out.

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Translations

alaskastaapudotasammuttaaupottaa

bagnare

dovenonderdompelenonderduikenuitdoenuitdoven

douse

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

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douse

[ˈdaʊs] vt

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

[+ flames, fire] → éteindre

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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

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douse

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

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