name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dowse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/daʊs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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daus
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dauz
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/daʊz/
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rhymes with -aʊz
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CMU ARPABET: D AW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of douse (“strike”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Alternative form of douse (“to strike”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dowsing, rhabdomancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
verb
Meaning 7
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- souse water on his hot face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wet
Narrower terms: brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret, sluice, flush
verb
Meaning 8
slacken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- douse a rope
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: douse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slacken, remit
verb
Meaning 9
use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: divine
verb
Meaning 10
wet thoroughly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: douse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wet
History
Etymology
Variant spelling of Duce.
Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.