Defenition of the word douse
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Defenition of the word douse
- To make something stop burning.
- dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool"
- lower quickly; "douse a sail"
- slacken; "douse a rope"
- wet thoroughly
- put out, as of a candle or a light; "douse the lights"
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
- immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup"
- 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"
- dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- slacken
- lower quickly
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dip into a liquid
- put out, as of a candle or a light
Synonyms for the word douse
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- cover
- dip
- dowse
- drench
- duck
- dunk
- extinguish
- immerse
- plunge
- put out
- quench
- saturate
- slosh
- soak
- sop
- souse
- wet
Similar words in the douse
Hyponyms for the word douse
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- bate
- bedraggle
- brine
- dabble
- dip
- douse
- draggle
- duck
- flush
- ret
- sluice
- sop
Hypernyms for the word douse
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- blow out
- dip
- douse
- dunk
- extinguish
- furl
- immerse
- obliterate
- plunge
- quench
- remit
- roll up
- slacken
- snuff out
- souse
- surname
- wet
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