Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: douse
IPA transcription: [d'aʊs]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
    Meaning: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
  • Synonyms: douse, dowse
    Meaning: slacken; "douse a rope"
  • Synonyms: douse
    Meaning: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
  • Synonyms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: dip, douse, duck
    Meaning: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
  • Synonyms: douse, dowse
    Meaning: wet thoroughly
  • Synonyms: douse, put_out
    Meaning: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
Usage examples
  • And what is more," said the water ghost, "it doesn't make the slightest difference where you are, if I find that room empty, wherever you may be I shall douse you with my spectral pres----"