Douse vs. Dowse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Douse and Dowse
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Douse
Pour a liquid over; drench
He doused the car with petrol and set it on fire
Dowse
Practise dowsing
Water is easy to dowse for
Douse
Extinguish (a fire or light)
Stewards appeared and the fire was doused
Nothing could douse her sudden euphoria
Dowse
Variant spelling of douse
Douse
Lower (a sail) quickly.
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Dowse
To use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals.
Douse
To wet thoroughly; drench.
Dowse
Variant of douse1.
Douse
To put out (a light or fire); extinguish
Doused the campfire with a bucket of water.
Dowse
(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Douse
Variant of dowse1.
Dowse
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
Douse
A thorough drenching.
Dowse
To beat or thrash.
Douse
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
Dowse
To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells.
Douse
(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
Dowse
A blow on the face.
Douse
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
Dowse
Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Douse
(transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.
Dowse
Wet thoroughly
Douse
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
Douse the topsail!
Dowse
Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
Douse
A sudden plunging into water.
Dowse
Slacken;
Douse a rope
Douse
A blow or strike, especially to the face.
Dowse
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
Souse water on his hot face
Douse
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
Douse
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
Douse
To fall suddenly into water.
Douse
To put out; to extinguish; as, douse the lights.
Douse
Put out, as of a candle or a light;
Douse the lights
Douse
Wet thoroughly
Douse
Dip into a liquid;
He dipped into the pool
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
Slacken;
Douse a rope
Douse
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
Souse water on his hot face
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