douse > define

verb

• Put out, as of a candle or a light.
  • usage: "Douse the lights"
  • synonyms: put out
• Wet thoroughly.
  • synonyms: dowse
• Dip into a liquid.
  • usage: "He dipped into the pool"
  • synonyms: dip, duck
• Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
  • usage: "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
  • synonyms: dunk, dip, souse, plunge
• Lower quickly.
  • usage: "douse a sail"
• Slacken.
  • usage: "douse a rope"
  • synonyms: dowse
• Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
  • usage: "souse water on his hot face"
  • synonyms: drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse

• (v.t.) To put out; to extinguish.
• (v.t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
• (v.i.) To fall suddenly into water.
• (v.t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.