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Dowse (Verb)

Wet thoroughly.

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

The heavy rainstorm began to dowse the parched fields, bringing relief to the drought-stricken crops.
In a surprising turn of events, the usually calm pet turned violent when someone tried to dowse it with water as a prank.
She helped the firefighter dowse the flames to prevent any further damage to the old mansion.
During the annual July 4 parade, kids tried to dowse unsuspecting bystanders with water balloons.
To put the campfire out properly, she began to dowse it with a bucket of water, watching the flames die away.

Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The local dowser spent hours roaming the fields using her divining rod in search of a hidden underground spring.
He learned to dowse for water from his father, a master of this ancient art.
In many rural areas, villagers would dowse to locate water sources before building wells.
To find the old lost mine, the archeologists tried to dowse using metal rods as indicators.
The dowser carefully walked back and forth over the parched land, waiting for her divining rod to twitch and reveal the location of the buried water pipe.

Slacken; "douse a rope".

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

The sailors worked quickly to dowse the rope and lower the mast before the storm hit.
To avoid accidents, the climbers made sure to dowse the rope properly after each rappel.
You should dowse the rope gently to the ground to prevent it from getting tangled.
In order to bring the rescue basket down to the injured hiker, they had to dowse the rope slowly and carefully.
As they descended the mountain, the hikers had to dowse their ropes carefully to avoid any obstacles.

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

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

The firefighters helped dowse the flames by pouring water onto the burning building.
To put out the campfire, we had to dowse it multiple times with water from a bucket.
The overheated gardener quickly went to dowse her face with water from the hose.
She rushed to dowse water onto the fire in her kitchen before calling for emergency help.
As a prank, his friend decided to dowse him with water to cool him down during the sweltering day.