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douse1
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- pronunciation:
- daUs
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
douses, dousing, doused |
| definition 1: |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse.
After she burned her finger, she doused it in cold water.- synonyms:
- dunk, immerse, soak, souse, submerge
- similar words:
- dip, plunge, rinse, saturate, steep
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| definition 2: |
to throw water or another liquid on; splash or drench.
He'd obviously doused himself with cologne and the smell was quite overpowering.We doused the burning embers before we left the camp.- synonyms:
- drench, soak, souse
- similar words:
- hose, rinse, shower, splash, spray, swash, wet
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| definition 3: |
to turn off or extinguish (a light or flame).
Smoke filled the air as firefighters doused the flames.Douse the houselights at my signal before the play starts.- synonyms:
- cut, quench, snuff out, switch off
- antonyms:
- kindle
- similar words:
- extinguish, smother, stamp out
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| related words: |
bathe, dim, flush, quench, submerge, wash |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to submerge or be submerged in water or another liquid.
- synonyms:
- dunk, soak, steep, submerge
- similar words:
- dip, souse, splash
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| related words: |
soak |
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