dousing
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈdaʊsɪŋ/
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- A thorough dousing of the plants helped them survive the dry spell.
- dousing with water
- dousing flames
Examples
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It was later saved with a dousing of cider when a poorly aimed firework set it alight.
Academic text (2011) -
I used a smaller amount of chili paste and also gave the bird a somewhat liberal dousing of Chinese 5 spice.
Blog text (5) -
And then, for good measure, he gives it another dousing.
Fiction book (1999) -
After a few dousings of water, it will recover, but not for another year.
Fiction book (1992) -
Secretary Condoleezza Rice's speech was a needed dousing of cold water, needed to awaken us from a stupor of liberal foreign policies.
Blog text (16) -
A slight pinch of high-quality sea salt can amplify a high-quality steak, but a dousing of kosher salt is not what nature intended.
Blog text (21) -
The firefighter completed the dousing of the flames with water from the hose.
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Before cooking, she gave the vegetables a quick dousing of cold water.
Synonyms
14
3.2
Making something a little wet
9
2.7
An act of making something completely wet by putting it in water
5
4.4
Being completely covered by a liquid like water
1
3.3
A heavy soaking that makes a person or thing completely wet
1
6.2
Putting something completely under water or another liquid
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1.4
The act of making a surface wet
1
1.0
Giving water to plants or the ground to help them grow
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2.3
A small act of making something slightly wet before use
Making something very wet by covering it with water or other liquid
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dousing comes from the old verb douse, which meant 'to plunge into water'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine dunking clothes or a campfire into a lake until they are 'completely wet', and that is why dousing means a thorough wetting by putting something into liquid.