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

1. transitive verb. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
2. transitive verb. To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
3. intransitive verb. To fall suddenly into water.
4. transitive verb. To put out; to extinguish.
5. verb. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

   "souse water on his hot face"

   Synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse

6. verb. slacken

   "douse a rope"

   Synonyms: dowse

7. verb. lower quickly

   "douse a sail"

8. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: dip, dunk, plunge, souse

9. verb. dip into a liquid

   "He dipped into the pool"

   Synonyms: dip, duck

10. verb. wet thoroughly

    Synonyms: dowse

11. verb. put out, as of a candle or a light

    "Douse the lights"

Synonyms

dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse, dip, dunk, plunge, duck

Common word forms

doused, douser, douses, dousing

Words from these letters

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