to douse
18
4.4
- verb
- /daʊs/
:
empapar
- The car was doused in gasoline.
And y'all know I douse the face, I douse it.
- And y'all know I douse the face, I douse it.
- It's almost like the bounce you see when an insect approaches, but you're doused with repellent.
- And then I take that old fashioned kind of Romano Parmesan cheese and just douse everything in Parmesan cheese.
- And lions are this other guy, an assaulter, pouring his canteen out on me, dousing me.
- But, you know, even there, you have to think about, well, what's on them, you know, are these, you know, just doused with, you know, drenched with pesticides?
- I mean, this thing is doused in butter, filled well, the delicious melted cheese.
- You know, they stop eating nuts for a while, or they douse themselves with vinegar, or they do, you know, whatever crazy thing comes to mind.
- Yeah, go out and I'll buy wings and then douse them in El Yucateco.
- I also learn from the celebrities that I've worked with like Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, Naomi Campbell to douse your face in skin care day and night.
- And then you got that pepper, boy, We douse these bitches up with pepper, right?
Examples
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I doused him with pepper spray.
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He decided to douse the fire with water to put it out safely.
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I go into the laundry room and douse myself with Skin So Soft.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm going to go ahead and take that same mixture and douse my body in silver.
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Douse our winner with champagne.
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I quickly stopped her and then doused her with water to try to cool her down.
Blog text (30) -
Marvin is down the hall in the bathroom, dousing his face with water.
Fiction book (1991) -
A spectator douses the dancer with baby powder to show his appreciation.
Academic text (2008) -
After the rain, we saw how the garden was doused with fresh water.
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The chef will douse the salad with dressing before serving it.
Synonyms
588
1.0
To make liquid flow in a steady stream from a container
141
1.0
Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid
55
5.2
Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more
34
3.0
Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid
31
1.0
Cover completely with liquid, for example food in sauce
26
1.0
To make something wet by covering it with liquid
3
7.4
To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical
1
8.3
To make something take in liquid until it is very wet
1
8.8
To soak something completely in liquid
To pour water over something so it becomes completely wet
Antonyms
How Wet
55
5.2
34
3.0
18
4.4
141
1.0
91
1.0
100
1.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Douse can be remembered by the old verb dousen meaning 'to plunge into water', and that image helps explain why douse also means to pour liquid over something until it is soaked.