Dictionary entry details
• DOUSE (verb)
Meaning:
Put out, as of a candle or a light
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
douse; put out
Context example:
Douse the lights
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Wet thoroughly
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
dowse; douse
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
wet (cause to become wet)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Water and alcohol douse the cloth
Meaning:
Dip into a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
douse; duck; dip
Context example:
He dipped into the pool
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
dip; dunk; souse; douse; plunge
Context examples:
dip the garment into the cleaning solution / dip the brush into the paint
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "douse"):
sop (dip into liquid)
dip; douse; duck (dip into a liquid)
dabble (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Lower quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
douse a sail
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Slacken
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dowse; douse
Context example:
douse a rope
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
remit; slacken (make slack as by lessening tension or firmness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
souse; soak; dowse; drench; sop; douse
Context example:
souse water on his hot face
Hypernyms (to "douse" is one way to...):
wet (cause to become wet)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "douse"):
brine (soak in brine)
bedraggle; draggle (make wet and dirty, as from rain)
bate (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments)
ret (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue)
flush; sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They douse the cloth with water and alcohol
