douse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
put out, as of a candle or a light
Douse the lights
Types & categories
- quench hypernym
Sense 2 verb
wet thoroughly
Types & categories
- wet hypernym
Sense 3 verb
dip into a liquid
He dipped into the pool
Types & categories
- dunk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
lower quickly
douse a sail
Types & categories
- roll up hypernym
Sense 6 verb
slacken
douse a rope
Types & categories
- slacken hypernym
Sense 7 verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse water on his hot face
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quench |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dunk |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | drenching |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dipper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plumber's helper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dip |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | Dunkard |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | plunge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | duck |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dabble |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll up |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | slacken |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | drenching |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | brine |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedraggle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ret |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sluice |