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dowse
Found in thesaurus: foretelling, divination, soothsaying, fortune telling, wet, divine, slacken, remit
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dowse
v.
search for water or minerals with a divining rod; soak; put out a fire, extinguish flames
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Dowsing (disambiguation)
Dowsing may refer to:
- Dowsing, a method that attempts to locate ground water or other buried materials
- William Dowsing, an English iconoclast who lived during the 17th century
- Dowsing, an emo band from Chicago, Illinois
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dowse
Noun
1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
(synonym) dowsing, rhabdomancy
(hypernym) divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
Verb
1. wet thoroughly
(synonym) douse
(hypernym) wet
2. use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
(hypernym) divine
(derivation) dowsing, rhabdomancy
3. slacken; "douse a rope"
(synonym) douse
(hypernym) slacken, remit
4. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
(synonym) drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
(hypernym) wet
(hyponym) brine
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dowse
v.
uhasit
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dowse
Czas.
oblewać
