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Noun dousing has 1 sense
- submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing - the act of wetting something by submerging it
--1 is a kind of wetting
Verb douse has 7 senses
- douse, put out - put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
--1 is one way to snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- douse, dowse - wet thoroughly
--2 is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
Water and alcohol douse the cloth
- dip, douse, duck - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
--3 is one way to dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- dunk, dip, souse, plunge, 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"
--4 is one way to immerse, plunge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- douse - lower quickly; "douse a sail"
--5 is one way to roll up, furl
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- douse, dowse - slacken; "douse a rope"
--6 is one way to slacken, remit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
--7 is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
They douse the cloth with water and alcohol
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