douse (verb)
1douse — douse, dowse Three verbs are involved here: (1) douse, pronounced like the noun house, meaning ‘to doff (a hat etc.)’, (2) douse, pronounced like the first one and possibly related to it, meaning ‘to plunge into water’, and (3) dowse, pronounced… …
2douse — (also dowse) ► VERB 1) drench with liquid. 2) extinguish (a fire or light). ORIGIN perhaps imitative, influenced by SOUSE(Cf. ↑souse), or perhaps from dialect douse strike, beat …
3douse — verb /daʊs/ a) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. b) To strike or lower in haste; …
4douse — verb Douse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fire, ↑flame …
5douse — [ daus ] verb transitive 1. ) to cover something or someone with a liquid, especially water or fuel 2. ) to make a fire stop burning by pouring water over it …
6douse — verb 1) a mob doused the thieves with petrol Syn: drench, soak, saturate, wet 2) a guard doused the flames Syn: extinguish, put out, quench, smother …
7douse — I. verb also dowse (doused; also dowsed; dousing; also dowsing) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English douse to smite Date: 1600 transitive verb 1. to plunge into water 2. a. to …
8douse — [[t]da͟ʊs[/t]] douses, dousing, doused also dowse 1) VERB If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it. [V n] The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water. 2) VERB If you douse someone or… …
9douse — [c]/daʊs / (say dows) verb (doused, dousing) –verb (t) 1. to plunge into water or the like; drench: to douse someone with water. 2. Colloquial to put out or extinguish (a light). 3. Colloquial to take off or doff. 4. Nautical to lower in haste,… …
10douse — UK [daʊs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms douse : present tense I/you/we/they douse he/she/it douses present participle dousing past tense doused past participle doused 1) to cover something or someone with a liquid, especially water or fuel 2) …