Douse

//daʊs//

Synonyms for "douse" (85 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

dip drench dunk bang baptize bash bat bathe belt blow blow out bop bury cast off choke crack damp

Strong matches (26)

deluge ding doff drop drown duck engulf extinguish flush immerge immerse inundate merge out overwhelm plash plunge in water put off put out

Verb(7 words)

dip dowse drench duck dunk plunge put out

Related words (42)

quench remove shut sink slack slam slip out of slop slosh sluice smack smash smother snuff snuff out soak sop souse spate spatter

Show 19 more words

splash splatter splosh splurge spurtle stamp out steep step out step out of stifle submerge submerse swash take off throw off undo unwrap wet whelm

Verb(3 words)

soak sop souse

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

14 entries

blow out dip dunk extinguish furl immerse plunge quench remit roll up slacken snuff out souse wet

Synonyms

3 entries

dip drench dunk

coordinate

1 entries

hose down

derived

2 entries

douser dousing-chock

etymologically related_to

2 entries

doss dust

has context

1 entries

nautical

manner of

4 entries

roll up slacken snuff out wet

related to

12 entries

blow duck extinguish fall haste immerse plunge put out slacken strike stroke water

Translations

42 translations across 11 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

гася verb (put out; extinguish)
намокрям verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
потапям verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

Czech

3 entries

ponořit verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
smočit verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
uhasit verb (put out; extinguish)

Dutch

4 entries

doven verb (put out; extinguish)
onderdompelen verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
onderduiken verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
uitdoen verb (put out; extinguish)

Finnish

4 entries

kastaa verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
pudota veteen verb (fall suddenly into water)
sammuttaa verb (put out; extinguish)
upottaa verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

French

1 entries

immerger verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

German

4 entries

auslöschen verb (put out; extinguish)
löschen verb (put out; extinguish)
platschen verb (fall suddenly into water)
plumpsen verb (fall suddenly into water)

Māori

3 entries

rumaki verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)
tinei verb (put out; extinguish)
toutou verb (put out; extinguish)

Portuguese

1 entries

imergir verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

Romanian

1 entries

muia verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

Russian

4 entries

гаси́ть verb (put out; extinguish)
обли́ть verb (put out; extinguish)
облива́ть verb (put out; extinguish)
окуна́ть verb (plunge suddenly into water; duck; immerse)

Spanish

3 entries

apagar verb (put out; extinguish)
aplacar verb (put out; extinguish)
extinguir verb (put out; extinguish)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You can douse a grease fire by covering the pan with a lid.

Source: tatoeba (8985181)

The rain wasn't heavy enough to douse the fire.

Source: tatoeba (10748437)

Set fire to your matches! / Douse them in gasoline!

Source: wiktionary

swing i' th'air, or douse in water

Source: wiktionary

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