nnoun.cognitionsearching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rodSynset:dowsing rhabdomancy
Derivationally Related Form:rhabdomancerdowse
Hypernyms:divination foretelling fortune telling soothsaying
Inherited Hypernyms:dowsedivinationprophecypredictionreasoningthinkinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.stativewet thoroughlySynset:douse
Hypernyms:wet
Inherited Hypernyms:dousewetchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | Water and alcohol --- the cloth (apply to: douse, dowse)
vverb.contactuse a divining rod in search of underground water or metalDerivationally Related Form:dowserdowsedowsing
Hypernyms:divine
Inherited Hypernyms:dowsedivinesearch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.changeslackenSynset:douse
Hypernyms:remit slacken
Inherited Hypernyms:douseslackenloosenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecover with liquid; pour liquid ontoSynset:douse drench soak sop souse
Examples:- souse water on his hot face
Derivationally Related Form:soakingsoakersousesousing
Hypernyms:wet
Inherited Hypernyms:drenchwetchange
Direct Hyponyms:batebedragglebrinedraggleflushretsluice
Full Troponyms:batebedragglebrineretsluice
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They --- the cloth with water and alcohol (apply to: dowse, soak, douse, drench)