1. Put out, as of a candle or a light
   "Douse the lights"
   - put out 
2. Wet thoroughly
   - dowse 
3. Dip into a liquid
   - dip, duck 
4. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
   - dunk, dip, souse, plunge 
5. Lower quickly
   "douse a sail" 
6. Slacken
   "douse a rope"
   - dowse 
7. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   - drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse

Derived forms: doused, douses, dousing

See also: dousing

Type of: blow out, extinguish, furl, immerse, plunge, quench, remit, roll up, slacken, snuff out, wet

Encyclopedia: Douse

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