Dictionary Entry
dowse
dowse is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 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 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
- 2transitive verb
To beat or thrash.
- 3intransitive verb
To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
- 4noun
A blow on the face.
- 5noun
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
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- 6verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
- 7verb
slacken
"douse a rope"
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- 8verb
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
- 9verb
wet thoroughly
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