📖 Definitions of "Douses"
verb
- 1
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
- 2
To fall suddenly into water.
- 3
To put out; to extinguish.
verb
- 1
To strike, beat, or thrash.
- 2
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
"Douse the topsail!"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Douses"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dowseverb | (intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. |
| plungeverb | (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. |
| dunkverb | (ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. |
| soakverb | (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| sopverb | (transitive) To steep or dip in any liquid. |
| duckverb | (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. |
| drenchverb | (transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep. |
| dipverb | (transitive) To lower into a liquid. |
| souseverb | (transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. |
| put outverb | (transitive) To blind (eyes). |
| dominatesverb | To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power |
| drenchesverb | (transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep. |
| drownsverb | (intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. |
| sinksverb | (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something. |
| gasolinenoun | (uncountable, Canada, US, Philippines) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol. |
| flamesnoun | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. |
| firenoun | (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. |
| waternoun | A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed). |
| lightnoun | (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light. |
| then | (temporal location) At that time. |
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