douse

Verbs

  • (v) put out, as of a candle or a light
    • Douse the lights
    put out,
  • (v) wet thoroughly dowse,
  • (v) dip into a liquid
    • He dipped into the pool
    duck, dip,
  • (v) 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
    dip, dunk, souse, plunge,
  • (v) lower quickly
    • douse a sail
  • (v) slacken
    • douse a rope
    dowse,
  • (v) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
    • souse water on his hot face
    souse, soak, dowse, drench, sop,

Synonyms

put out dowse duck dip dunk souse plunge soak drench sop

Words of close approximity

dour
doubt dough doula doura