[
US
/ˈdaʊs/
]
[ UK /dˈaʊs/ ]
[ UK /dˈaʊs/ ]
VERB
- wet thoroughly
-
dip into a liquid
He dipped into the pool -
lower quickly
douse a sail -
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 -
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse water on his hot face -
put out, as of a candle or a light
Douse the lights -
slacken
douse a rope
How To Use douse In A Sentence
- Their bodies were then doused with petrol and burned in a garden. The Sun
- All doctors have been doused in a variety of bodily fluids. Times, Sunday Times
- She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived. The Sun
- With a foul bottom we're only making 5 knots and I can't turn quickly enough, so we do a flying gybe, break a spreader on the main, almost throw the guests overboard, lose some cushions, douse sails, and tuck into Lameshur Bay, St. John.
- A fire boat took ten minutes to douse the flames. The Sun
- My lifetime aversion to raisins, sultanas and currants meant mince pies were out and the Christmas pudding, burning with blue flames after being doused in brandy, was nothing more than an interesting spectacle.
- Part of the overall drabness in this film emerges from the unescapable funnel effect of the visuals, which are doused in a cold blue-steel tint.
- Weather conditions had been damp, and it seems that local firemen attending the rally "doused" the bonfire - constructed largely of wooden shipping pallets - with "diesel and another accelerant". The Register
- She summoned super strength to pull a locked washing machine door open and grab a wet curtain to douse the flames. The Sun
- I gratefully grab a cup from a girl in a yellow bib, take a couple of sips and pour the cold water over my head, feeling it douse my hair, run down my face and trickle onto my chest.