to douse
3
4.9
- verb
- /daʊs/
:
sumergir
- Finally, he roused, slid down the creek bank, and doused himself with water.
Examples
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After the run, he doused himself in cold water to cool off.
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I think I'm going to douse that little gold switch in.
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Simply douse any object, and gradually, in the space of half an hour or so, the energy within the molecules of that object releases itself as heat.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Americanist regained his senses and grabbed a collapsible bucket, plunged it into the ocean, and doused the deck and my wife with water.
Fiction book (2002) -
She decided to douse the plants with water to keep them healthy.
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He had to douse the fire quickly to prevent it from spreading.
Synonyms
146
1.0
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again
141
1.0
Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid
56
4.2
To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity
42
3.9
To put something completely under water or another liquid
34
3.0
Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid
26
1.0
To make something wet by covering it with liquid
24
2.7
To dip something quickly into a liquid, often food
14
2.7
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out
9
4.2
Put something completely into a liquid to cover it
1
8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
1
7.3
To put something under the surface of water
1
8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Douse comes from an old form dousen that meant 'to plunge into water'. So think of quickly dipping or plunging something into liquid, which is why douse can mean to dip a brush or hands briefly into water.