Dictionary Entry
douse
douse is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
- 2transitive verb
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
- 3intransitive verb
To fall suddenly into water.
- 4transitive verb
To put out; to extinguish.
- 5verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
- 6verb
slacken
"douse a rope"
Synonyms
- 7verb
lower quickly
"douse a sail"
- 8verb
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"
- 9verb
dip into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool"
- 10verb
wet thoroughly
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- 11verb
put out, as of a candle or a light
"Douse the lights"
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