douse meaning and definition

DOUSE verb

Definition of douse (verb)

1. put out, as of a candle or a light
   • "Douse the lights"
   • synonyms: put out
2. wet thoroughly
   • synonyms: dowse
3. dip into a liquid
   • "He dipped into the pool"
   • synonyms: dip, duck
4. 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
5. lower quickly
   • "douse a sail"
6. slacken
   • "douse a rope"
   • synonyms: dowse
7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   • "souse water on his hot face"
   • synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse