to dowse

Examples

• All

• A sudden wave dowsed the deck, leaving everything soaked.

• The boy was accidentally dowsed when the garden hose slipped from his hands.

• He dowsed the plants with water every morning.

• Don't dows the dog with the hose!

• The children decided to dowse each other with water balloons during the hot summer day.

• He accidentally dowsed his shirt while trying to fill the pool with the garden hose.

• After the rainstorm, her clothes were completely dowsed from the heavy downpour.

Synonyms

S

to soak

vsto dowse

196 1.0

Make something very wet by putting it into water or other liquid

is more specifically about pouring liquid over to drench

W

to wet

vsto dowse

27 1.0

To make something wet by covering it with liquid

denotes a stronger pouring action that soaks thoroughly

I

to immerse

vsto dowse

13 4.2

Put something completely into a liquid to cover it

involves pouring liquid over rather than dipping or submerging

D

to drench

vsto dowse

11 3.0

Make someone or something completely wet with a lot of liquid

focuses more on the act of pouring liquid over to wet

D

to drown

vsto dowse

10 1.0

Cover completely with liquid, for example food in sauce

applies more to pouring over than full submersion

D

to douse

vsto dowse

8 4.4

To pour liquid over a person or thing to make them wet

is the same meaning but spelled with w instead of o

S

to sop

vsto dowse

• Archaic

3 8.3

To make something take in liquid until it is very wet

stresses the pouring action that wets by drenching

I

to impregnate

vsto dowse

3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

limits this to pouring liquid to make something completely wet

S

to souse

vsto dowse

1 8.8

To soak something completely in liquid

emphasizes pouring liquid over rather than immersion

W

to whelm

vsto dowse

• Archaic

1 9.3

To cover something completely with water or soil

focuses on pouring to drench rather than burying or submerging

W

to waterlog

vsto dowse

1 3.7

To fill something with water so it cannot take any more

describes wetting by pouring without implying overfilling or blockage

S

to sog

vsto dowse

1 7.7

To make something very wet by putting liquid on it

is aimed at making wet by pouring rather than creating heaviness

Antonyms

D

dry

885 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Wet

to saturate

8 5.2

to dowse

1 7.8

to wet

27 1.0

to moisten

15 3.0

to sprinkle

106 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology