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douse
Found in thesaurus: snuff out, extinguish, quench, blow out, wet, plunge, douse, souse, dip, dunk, immerse, roll up, furl, slacken, remit
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douse
v.
throw water on, plunge into water; strike, punch, hit; take in or lower a sail (Nautical); extinguish a fire or flame with water; become completely wet; take off a hat; remove any item of clothing (Archaic)
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Dousing
Dousing is the practice of making something or someone wet by throwing liquid over them, e.g., by pouring water, generally cold, over oneself. A related practice is ice swimming. Some consider cold water dousing to be a form of asceticism.
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douse
Verb
1. put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
(synonym) put out
(hypernym) snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
2. wet thoroughly
(synonym) dowse
(hypernym) wet
3. dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
(synonym) dip, duck
(hypernym) dunk, dip, souse, plunge
4. 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"
(synonym) dunk, dip, souse, plunge
(hypernym) immerse, plunge
(hyponym) sop
(derivation) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
5. lower quickly; "douse a sail"
(hypernym) roll up, furl
6. slacken; "douse a rope"
(synonym) dowse
(hypernym) slacken, remit
7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
(synonym) drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) brine
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douse
v.
uhasit; polít
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douse
Czas.
ugaszać; oblewać
