Meaning of "douse" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOUSE

Perhaps related to obsolete douse to strike, of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DOUSE

douse  [daʊs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUSE

Douse is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb douse in English.

WHAT DOES DOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dousing

Dousing is the practice of making something or someone wet by throwing liquid over them, e.g., by pouring water, generally cold, over oneself. A related practice is ice swimming. Some consider cold water dousing to be a form of asceticism.

Definition of douse in the English dictionary

The first definition of douse in the dictionary is to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid; duck. Other definition of douse is to drench with water, esp in order to wash or clean. Douse is also to put out.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DOUSE

PRESENT

Present

I douse

you douse

he/she/it douses

we douse

you douse

they douse

Present continuous

I am dousing

you are dousing

he/she/it is dousing

we are dousing

you are dousing

they are dousing

Present perfect

I have doused

you have doused

he/she/it has doused

we have doused

you have doused

they have doused

Present perfect continuous

I have been dousing

you have been dousing

he/she/it has been dousing

we have been dousing

you have been dousing

they have been dousing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I doused

you doused

he/she/it doused

we doused

you doused

they doused

Past continuous

I was dousing

you were dousing

he/she/it was dousing

we were dousing

you were dousing

they were dousing

Past perfect

I had doused

you had doused

he/she/it had doused

we had doused

you had doused

they had doused

Past perfect continuous

I had been dousing

you had been dousing

he/she/it had been dousing

we had been dousing

you had been dousing

they had been dousing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will douse

you will douse

he/she/it will douse

we will douse

you will douse

they will douse

Future continuous

I will be dousing

you will be dousing

he/she/it will be dousing

we will be dousing

you will be dousing

they will be dousing

Future perfect

I will have doused

you will have doused

he/she/it will have doused

we will have doused

you will have doused

they will have doused

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dousing

you will have been dousing

he/she/it will have been dousing

we will have been dousing

you will have been dousing

they will have been dousing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would douse

you would douse

he/she/it would douse

we would douse

you would douse

they would douse

Conditional continuous

I would be dousing

you would be dousing

he/she/it would be dousing

we would be dousing

you would be dousing

they would be dousing

Conditional perfect

I would have douse

you would have douse

he/she/it would have douse

we would have douse

you would have douse

they would have douse

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dousing

you would have been dousing

he/she/it would have been dousing

we would have been dousing

you would have been dousing

they would have been dousing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you douse
we let´s douse
you douse

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to douse

Past participle

doused

Present Participle

dousing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DOUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «douse» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of douse

blow out · drench · duck · dunk · extinguish · immerse · put out · saturate · smother · soak · souse · steep · submerge

TRANSLATION OF DOUSE

Find out the translation of douse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of douse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «douse» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 浇灭
• Translator English - Spanish: apagar
• English: douse
• Translator English - Hindi: पानी में गोता लगाना
• Translator English - Arabic: اخماد
• Translator English - Russian: окунуть
• Translator English - Portuguese: encharcar
• Translator English - Bengali: নামান
• Translator English - French: arroser
• Translator English - Malay: Penyihir
• Translator English - German: löschen
• Translator English - Japanese: 水をかけて消火する
• Translator English - Korean: 물을 뿌리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Douse
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ngâm
• Translator English - Tamil: அணைக்கவில்லை
• Translator English - Marathi: उकडणे
• Translator English - Turkish: söndürmek
• Translator English - Italian: spegnere
• Translator English - Polish: zgasić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: занурити
• Translator English - Romanian: stinge lumina
• Translator English - Greek: βρέχομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: blus
• Translator English - Swedish: släck
• Translator English - Norwegian: slukke

3 QUOTES WITH «DOUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word douse.

1

Gary Carter

It's kind of a tradition that you get a rookie, put him in the middle, wrap your arms and legs around him, then douse him with everything you can get a hold of - shaving cream, ketchup, mustard, everything. It's kind of like a pie in the face after a guy is successful.

2

Ben Edwards

An office occupation is another example as not only douse it disrupt the activities of the organization it also can raise the media profile of the campaign.

3

Hoda Kotb

I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's gotten to the point where if I throw a cookie in the garbage, I have to douse it in Cascade. Otherwise, why wouldn't I take it out and eat it?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUSE»

Discover the use of douse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to douse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style

draperies 111 douse; dowse. These words are best kept separate. To douse (/ dows/) is to soak with liquid, as by immersing or drenching <she immediately doused the flame with water>. To dowse (/dowz/) is to try to find something ...

Bryan A. Garner, 2000

Good Intentions Gone Awry: Emma Crosby and the Methodist ...

23 John Douse to Richard Reese (Spitalfield, London), Salt Springs Mission House, Grand River, near Brantford, August 26, 1834, Library and Archives Canada (hereafter LAC), MG19-F18. Douse to Reese, August 26, 1834. According to an ...

Jan Hare, Jean Barman, 2011

Congressional edition

Dougle, Thomas Douse, John Douse, John Douse, John Douse, John Douse, John Douset, Amos Dousett, John Dousett, John Dousette, Jonathan.. Dousette, Lawrence. Dousing, Jeremiah... Dousing, Jeremiah. . . Douty, Ezra Douty, Ezra ...

United States. Congress, 1915

The Law Journal Reports

In the goods of thohas douse, deceased. Will — Execution by Mark — Wrong Name written against Mark, and in tlie Will. Thomas Douse executed by mark a will in which the testator was described as John Douse, and against his mark was  ...

Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports

In this case the deceased was buried in the name of Thomas Douse. In In the goods of Shuttleworth (5) probate was granted to an executor and universal legatee, whose real name was Barton Nicholas Bayley, although he was misdescribed ...

Henry D. Barton, 1862

New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village

If this is July Douse will sit inside the covered bridge over Anderson's Fork and eat his lunch from the pail which is still bent from the time Ed Brown's jersey kicked it when Douse tried to fill it with milk before returning her home. Douse is the ...

John Baskin, 2000

Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing

There may be times when a windward douse is in order. If you are racing and are coming into a mark on the wrong jibe, a takedown to windward will be the new leeward side after the douse. Or, if you know you must set the spinnaker again ...

Stephen Colgate, 1996

Private Eyes: An Alex Delaware Novel

Douse cleared his throat and shook his head. “No,” he said. “That would contravene the spirit, if not the letter, of Arthur Dickinson's will.” “Who, then?” More dead air. Footsteps thumped somewhere in the big house. A vacuum whined.

Jonathan Kellerman, 2013

The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Douse House, Unity Street, Boston, Massachusetts BF's sister Elizabeth Douse and her husband, Richard, mortgaged their home and lot on Unity Street, Boston, to BF on 22 August 1748 for £60 Pennsylvania currency. On 27 September 1753,  ...

Joseph A. Leo Lemay, 2006

Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed

In May 1988, Qamlagyeltxw, Solomon Marsden (born 1909), gave evidence about the Samuel Douse map under cross-examination by counsel for British Columbia: Q Mr. Marsden, have you ever heard of a map - an old map made by Mr. Sam ...

Robert Galois, Neil J. Sterritt, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term douse is used in the context of the following news items.

James Bond stakeholders douse plans for 007 musical

James Bond travels to many exotic international locales, but Broadway may have to wait. There was buzzy news earlier this week when Merry ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

Vernon firefighters douse another illegal campfire

“The crew was coming back from a call and they smelled it (smoke),” said Jack Blair, deputy fire chief. “They did a drive around and found it in a ... «Vernon Morning Star, Jul 15»

Anchorage firefighters douse fire at illegal camp

Firefighters extinguished a blaze Tuesday night that ignited at a homeless camp near 94th Avenue and Old Seward Highway, according to the ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»

Firefighters wake sleeping resident, douse garage blaze

Rural/Metro firefighters extinguished a garage fire in the 13000 block of East 47th Street within a matter of minutes. The damage was contained ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»

15L litre water used to douse Pawane blaze in Navi Mumbai

NAVI MUMBAI: The fire brigade took more than eight hours to bring the blaze under control at Sony DADC manufacturing company in Pawane ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

LETTER: Chamber should douse opposition to antismoking measures

If Herald readers have not read the June 30, 2015 New York Times story titled, "U.S. Chamber of Commerce works globally to fight antismoking ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»

Firefighters douse flaming car in Mishawaka

Firefighters douse flaming car in Mishawaka. By: Joel Porter - Email. Updated: Sun 7:19 PM, Jul 05, 2015. By: Joel Porter - Email · Home; / Headlines List; / ... «WNDU-TV, Jul 15»

Jetskiers douse boat fire on Willard Bay

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2015, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»

Firefighters douse shed fire on Henrico's North Side

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Firefighters quickly knocked out a fire that broke out in a shed at a home on Henrico County on the Fourth of July. «wtvr.com, Jul 15»

PREVIEW-England bank on Bayliss to douse Australian fire

PREVIEW-England bank on Bayliss to douse Australian fire. By Reuters. Share. Tweet. Last update 11 hours ago - Published on 04/07/2015 at ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jul 15»