douse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: douse	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for douse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
douse v put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" Synonym(s): douse, put out wet thoroughly Synonym(s): douse, dowse dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" Synonym(s): dip, douse, duck 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" Synonym(s): dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse lower quickly; "douse a sail" slacken; "douse a rope" Synonym(s): douse, dowse cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" Synonym(s): drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.] 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Douse \Douse\, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[91]scan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] [bd] To douse the glim.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.