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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: douse (0.00908 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to douse.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: douse
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: douse
douse
v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light;
“Douse the lights” [syn:
put out]
2: wet thoroughly [syn:
dowse]
3: dip into a liquid;
“He dipped into the pool” [syn:
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” [syn:
dunk,
dip,
souse,
plunge]
5: lower quickly;
“douse a sail”
6: slacken;
“douse a rope” [syn:
dowse]
7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
“souse water on his hot
face” [syn:
drench,
dowse,
soak,
sop,
souse]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Douse
Douse
\Douse\ (dous), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Doused (doust); 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.
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2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
as, douse the topsail.
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Douse
\Douse\, v. i.
To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras.
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Douse
\Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)]
To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights. [Slang]
“
To douse the glim.” --Sir W. Scott.
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