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v. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip.

v. To wet thoroughly; drench.

v. To put out (a light or fire); extinguish.

verb-intransitive. To become thoroughly wet.

n. A thorough drenching.

v. Variant of dowse1.

v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

v. To fall suddenly into water.

v. To put out; to extinguish.

v. To strike.

v. To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

n. A blow; stroke.

v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.

v. To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly.

verb-intransitive. To fall suddenly into water.

v. To put out; to extinguish.

To thrust or plunge into a fluid; immerse; dip; also, to drench or flood with a fluid.

To fall or be plunged suddenly into a fluid.

To search for deposits of ore, for lodes, or for water, by the aid of the dousing- or divining-rod (which see).

To strike.

Nautical, to strike or lower in haste; slacken suddenly: as, douse the topsail.

n. A blow; a stroke.

To put out; extinguish.

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

v. put out, as of a candle or a light

v. dip into a liquid

v. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

v. wet thoroughly

v. lower quickly

v. slacken

"Thanks for "douse" which reminds me of a reflexive verb that I had wanted to include in the story: "se tartiner"."

doused    douses    dousing   

extinguish    snuff out    quench    blow out    dunk    dip    souse    plunge    wet    roll up   

douse the glim   

doused    dousing   

duck    immerse    dowse    extinguish    lower    doff    dip    drench   

Gauss    House    Klaus    Laos    Strauss    blouse    boathouse    bouse    brouse    chaus