Definitions for douse
Overview of verb douse
The verb douse has 7 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. douse, put out
(put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights")
2. douse, dowse
(wet thoroughly)
3. dip, douse, duck
(dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool")
4. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint")
5. douse
(lower quickly; "douse a sail")
6. douse, dowse
(slacken; "douse a rope")
7. drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
(cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face")
