0 present participle of douse
1 to make something or someone wet by throwing a lot of liquid over it, him, or her:
We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.
People who are acquainted with the subject say that herring can be preserved by dousing them in salt and then putting them into cold storage.
In the same period dousing benefit was substituted for rent and rate rebates, and we all know of the disastrous effects of that change, which are continuing.
The effects of dousing are usually more intense and longer lasting than just a cold shower.
For some, dousing accompanies fasting (absence of all food and water) as an alternate means for the body to obtain water.
The icon is then paraded around the town while locals take turns in dousing the saint and devotees.
Preferences include being barefoot outside on the earth, and performing dousing at certain times and more frequently when ill.
It is the hottest time of the year and a good dousing is welcomed by most.
By the 1984 season, only the word water led to a dousing or watering; the word wet no longer did so.
