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Meaning of douse in English
Pronunciation
/daʊs/
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Verb
douse
Etymology
early 17th century: perhaps imitative, influenced by souse, or perhaps from dialect douse ‘strike, beat’, from Middle Dutch and Low German dossen
Definitions
1.
put out, as of a candle or a light
Examples
« Douse the lights »
2.
wet thoroughly
3.
dip into a liquid
Examples
« He dipped into the pool »
4.
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Examples
« dip the garment into the cleaning solution »
« dip the brush into the paint »
5.
lower quickly
Examples
« douse a sail »
6.
slacken
Examples
« douse a rope »
7.
cover with liquid
Examples
« pour liquid onto »
« souse water on his hot face »