Overview of noun dousing

The noun dousing has 1 sense

• submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing -- (the act of wetting something by submerging it)

Overview of verb douse

The verb douse has 7 senses

• douse, put out -- (put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights")


• douse, dowse -- (wet thoroughly)


• dip, douse, duck -- (dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool")


• dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse -- (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")


• douse -- (lower quickly; "douse a sail")


• douse, dowse -- (slacken; "douse a rope")


• drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse -- (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face")