Found 3 items, similar to douse.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: douse menyirami
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. [1913 Webster] Douse \Douse\, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]