dowse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Types & categories
- soothsaying hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
wet thoroughly
Types & categories
- wet hypernym
Sense 3 verb
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
Types & categories
- divine hypernym
Related & opposite
- divining rod derivation
- dowse derivation
- dowser derivation
Sense 4 verb
slacken
douse a rope
Types & categories
- slacken hypernym
Sense 5 verb
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
souse water on his hot face
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dowser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dowse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | soothsaying |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | divining rod |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dowse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dowser |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | divine |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | slacken |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | drenching |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | torrent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | brine |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedraggle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ret |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sluice |