Douse (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Soak
• Sop
• Drench
• Dowse
• Souse

Hypernyms

• Wet

Hyponyms

• Brine
• Sluice
• Bedraggle
• Ret
• Bate

Meaning ²

Put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights".

Classification

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

Synonyms

• Put Out

Hypernyms

• Extinguish
• Quench
• Blow Out

Meaning ³

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".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

• Dunk
• Plunge
• Dip
• Souse

Hypernyms

• Immerse
• Plunge

Hyponyms

• Dabble
• Douse
• Sop
• Dip
• Duck

Related Words

• Dousing (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Wet thoroughly.

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

• Dowse

Meaning ⁵

Dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

• Dip
• Duck

Hypernyms

• Dunk
• Douse
• Plunge
• Souse

Meaning ⁶

Slacken; "douse a rope".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Dowse

Hypernyms

• Remit

Meaning ⁷

Lower quickly; "douse a sail".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Furl