douse
Use Douse in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
2.
to splash or throw water or other liquid on: The children doused each other with the hose.
3.
to extinguish: She quickly doused the candle's flame with her fingertips.
4.
Informal. to remove; doff.
5.
Nautical.
a.
to lower or take in (a sail, mast, or the like) suddenly.
b.
to slacken (a line) suddenly.
c.
to stow quickly.
verb (used without object)
6.
to plunge or be plunged into a liquid.
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noun
7.
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
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douse or dowse1 (daʊs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid; duck |
| 2. | (tr) to drench with water, esp in order to wash or clean |
| 3. | (tr) to put out (a light, candle, etc) |
| —n | |
| 4. | an immersion |
| [C16: perhaps related to obsolete douse to strike, of obscure origin] | |
| dowse or dowse1 | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C16: perhaps related to obsolete douse to strike, of obscure origin] | |
| 'douser or dowse1 | |
| —n | |
| 'dowser or dowse1 | |
| —n | |
| douse2 (daʊs) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | nautical to lower (sail) quickly |
| 2. | archaic to strike or beat |
| —n | |
| 3. | archaic a blow |
| [C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to | |
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Word Origin & History
douse
1559, "to strike, punch," which is probably from M.Du. dossen "beat forcefully." Meaning "to strike a sail in haste" is recorded from 1627; that of "to extinguish (a light)" is from 1785; perhaps influenced by dout (1526), an obsolete contraction of do out (cf. doff, don). OED regards the meaning "to
throw water over" (1606) as a separate word, of unknown origin, though admitting there may be a connection of some sort.
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Example sentences
And to sprinkle on the lemon, much in the way you douse it on oysters.
The world is telling him he must douse the flames, admitting that the intifada has been a tragic failure.
At one point, firefighters in neighboring buildings used ropes to pull up water hoses and douse the flames from above.
There's still fire in their hearts, despite the director's efforts to douse it with caramel.
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