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Douse
/daʊs/
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Douse
verb
(past & past part.
doused
; pres. part.
dousing
)
1.
Put out, as of a candle or a light.
Synonym:
put out
.
2.
Wet thoroughly.
Synonym:
dowse
.
3.
Dip into a liquid.
Synonyms:
dip
,
duck
.
4.
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
Synonyms:
dip
,
dunk
,
plunge
,
souse
.
"Dip the brush into the paint"
5.
Lower quickly.
6.
Slacken.
Synonym:
dowse
.
7.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
Synonyms:
dowse
,
drench
,
soak
,
sop
,
souse
.
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"Douse" Quotes from Famous Books
...
yesterday, but couldn't rightly place you till this morning when I smelled your smoke and found I was close to you. Are you going to
douse
the fire?"
...
— Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods • Jessie Graham Flower
Words linked to "Douse" :
flush
,
draggle
,
remit
,
quench
,
immerse
,
roll up
,
brine
,
dabble
,
furl
,
bedraggle
,
dousing
,
ret
,
bate
,
blow out
,
wet
,
sluice
,
snuff out
,
slacken
,
extinguish
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