sousing
- noun
- /ˈsaʊsɪŋ/
:
empapado
- After hours of sousing the laundry, she finally got all the stains out.
Examples
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The sousing of the vegetables in water helped them stay fresh.
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The children delighted in the sousing of one another during the water fight.
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The torrential rain gave the hikers a complete sousing before they found shelter.
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After sousing the fabric, it became much easier to clean.
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After the heavy rain, the garden was in a state of sousing, with puddles covering the flowers.
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The chef recommended a sousing of vinegar on the salad to enhance its flavor.
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During the storm, the street outside was left in a sousing, making it difficult to walk without getting wet.
Synonyms
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1.2
An act of putting something in water to soften or clean it
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2.7
An act of making something completely wet by putting it in water
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4.4
Being completely covered by a liquid like water
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4.9
Putting a lot of water on something so it becomes very wet
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3.3
A heavy soaking that makes a person or thing completely wet
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6.2
Putting something completely under water or another liquid
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4.1
To soak food in a flavored liquid to add taste and make it softer before cooking
A heavy soaking that makes something very wet
Something sinks until it is completely covered by water
The process of something becoming soft and full of water after sitting in liquid
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sousing comes from the old verb souse, which meant 'to soak' or 'drench' and is easy to remember by thinking of plunging something into sauce or a salty liquid. So, a sousing is simply a thorough soaking or drenching.