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Definition of Douse
1. Verb. Put out, as of a candle or a light. "Douse the lights"
2. Verb. Wet thoroughly. "Water and alcohol douse the cloth"
3. Verb. Dip into a liquid. ; "He dipped into the pool"
4. Verb. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. "Dip the brush into the paint"
Specialized synonyms: Sop, Dip, Duck, Dabble
Generic synonyms: Immerse, Plunge
Derivative terms: Dip, Dipper, Dousing, Dunkard, Plunge, Plunger, Souse
5. Verb. Lower quickly. "Douse a sail"
6. Verb. Slacken. "Douse a rope"
7. Verb. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. "They douse the cloth with water and alcohol"; "Souse water on his hot face"
Generic synonyms: Wet
Specialized synonyms: Brine, Bedraggle, Draggle, Bate, Ret, Flush, Sluice
Derivative terms: Soaker, Soaking, Souse, Sousing
Definition of Douse
1. v. t. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
2. v. i. To fall suddenly into water.
3. v. t. To put out; to extinguish.
Definition of Douse
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To fall suddenly into water. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To put out; to extinguish. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To strike. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. ¹
6. Noun. A blow; stroke. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Douse
1. to plunge into water [v DOUSED, DOUSING, DOUSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Douse
Literary usage of Douse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Apparently the same as douse i above). Cf. Norw. dus, a push, blow; M. Du. doesen,
... Dowse (2), to immerse; see douse, Prob, the same as Dowse (i). ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Perhaps allied to dash, qv ; and prob, distinct from douse, to plunge, q. ...
qv DOWSE (2), to plunge into water ; see douse. ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Ib. 26. Sure great folk's life's a Ufe o* pleasure? . . Ib. 27. He left the foul
business to folks less divine. The Whistle. /S- О ye, douse folk, ..."
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