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Dousing   /dˈaʊsɪŋ/   Listen
Dousing

noun
1.
The act of wetting something by submerging it.  Synonyms: ducking, immersion, submersion.


Douse

verb
(past & past part. doused; pres. part. dousing)
1.
Put out, as of a candle or a light.  Synonym: put out.
2.
Wet thoroughly.  Synonym: dowse.
3.
Dip into a liquid.  Synonyms: dip, duck.
4.
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.  Synonyms: dip, dunk, plunge, souse.  "Dip the brush into the paint"
5.
Lower quickly.
6.
Slacken.  Synonym: dowse.
7.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.  Synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse.





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"Dousing" Quotes from Famous Books



... fallen upon it had pierced the roof in some places, and now, like out of a huge funnel, about a gallon of water suddenly struck Alec on the back of the neck, and caused him to change his position, while he fairly howled from the suddenness of the dousing. ...
— Three Boys in the Wild North Land • Egerton Ryerson Young


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