Meaning Of The Word Douse
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Douse Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Douse?
douse
verb: If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it. verb: If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them. douse in American English intransitive verb: to plunge or be plunged into a liquid noun: a stroke or blow transitive verb: to plunge into water or the like; drench douse in American English 1 to hit forcefully douse in American English 2 a drenching to get immersed or drenched to plunge or thrust suddenly into liquid douse in American English 3 dowse2 douse in British English 1 noun: an immersion verb: to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid; duck douse in British English 2 to lower (sail) quickly noun: a blow |
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