douse
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(verb) slacken; "douse a rope" |
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Synonyms: dowse |
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Related Words: remit, slacken |
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| 2. |
(verb) lower quickly; "douse a sail" |
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Related Words: furl, roll up |
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| 3. |
(verb) wet thoroughly |
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Synonyms: dowse |
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Related Words: wet |
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| 4. |
(verb) put out, as of a candle or a light; "douse the lights" |
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Synonyms: put out |
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Related Words: extinguish, obliterate |
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| 5. |
(verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" |
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Synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse |
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Related Words: bate, bedraggle, brine, flush, ret, sluice, wet |
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(verb) dip into a liquid: "He dipped into the pool" |
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Synonyms: dip, duck |
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Related Words: dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse |
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(verb) immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup" |
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Synonyms: dip, dunk, plunge, souse |
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Related Words: dabble, dip, douse, duck, immerse, plunge, sop |
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