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Meaning of douse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  douse
      v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
           [syn: {douse}, {put out}]
      2: wet thoroughly [syn: {douse}, {dowse}]
      3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {dip},
         {douse}, {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" [syn: {dunk}, {dip}, {souse},
         {plunge}, {douse}]
      5: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
      6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: {douse}, {dowse}]
      7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
         face" [syn: {drench}, {douse}, {dowse}, {soak}, {sop},
         {souse}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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