douse
werkwoord
1 douse
Put out, as of a candle or a light:
— Douse the lights.
synoniem: put out.
Roget 388a:
go out,
die out,
burn out;
fizzle.
extinguish;
damp,
slack,
quench,
smother;
put out,
stamp out;
douse,
snuff,
snuff out,
blow out.
fireproof,
flameproof.
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Nederlands: blussen
2 douse
Wet thoroughly.
synoniem: dowse.
3 douse
Dip into a liquid.
synoniemen: dip, duck.
4 douse
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
synoniemen: dip, dunk, plunge, souse.
Roget 310:
plunge,
dip,
souse,
duck;
dive,
plump;
take a plunge,
take a header;
make a plunge;
bathe
etc.
(water)
337.
submerge,
submerse;
immerse;
douse,
sink,
engulf,
send to the bottom.
get out of one's depth;
go to the bottom,
go down like a stone,
drop like a lead balloon;
founder,
welter,
wallow.
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Roget 337:
be watery
etc.
adj.;
reek.
add water,
water,
wet;
moisten
etc.
339;
dilute,
dip,
immerse;
merge;
immerge,
submerge;
plunge,
souse,
duck,
drown;
soak,
steep,
macerate,
pickle,
wash,
sprinkle,
lave,
bathe,
affuse†,
splash,
swash,
douse,
drench;
dabble,
slop,
slobber,
irrigate,
inundate,
deluge;
syringe,
inject,
gargle.
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5 douse
6 douse
Slacken:
— Douse a rope.
synoniem: dowse.
7 douse
zelfstandig naamwoord
Roget 972:
punishment,
punition†;
chastisement,
chastening;
correction,
castigation.
discipline,
infliction,
trial;
judgment;
penalty
etc.
974;
retribution;
thunderbolt,
Nemesis;
requital
etc.
(reward)
973;
penology;
retributive justice.
lash,
scaffold
etc.
(instrument of punishment)
975;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751;
transportation,
banishment,
expulsion,
exile,
involuntary exile,
ostracism;
penal servitude,
hard labor;
galleys
etc.
975;
beating
etc.
v.;
flagellation,
fustigation†,
gantlet,
strappado†,
estrapade†,
bastinado,
argumentum baculinum [Lat.],
stick law,
rap on the knuckles,
box on the ear;
blow
etc.
(impulse)
276;
stripe,
cuff,
kick,
buffet,
pummel;
slap,
slap in the face;
wipe,
douse;
coup de grace;
torture,
rack;
picket,
picketing;
dragonnade†.
capital punishment;
execution;
lethal injection;
the gas chamber;
hanging
etc.
v.;
electrocution,
rail-riding,
scarpines†;
decapitation,
decollation†;
garrotte,
garrotto [It];
crucifixion,
impalement;
firing squad;
martyrdom;
auto-da-fe [Fr.];
noyade†;
happy dispatch.
[suicide as punishment]
hara-kiri,
seppuku [Jap.];
drinking the hemlock.
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