| verb | put out, as of a candle or a light “Douse the lights” |
| verb | wet thoroughly |
| verb | dip into a liquid “He dipped into the pool” |
| verb | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate “dip the garment into the cleaning solution” |
| verb | lower quickly “douse a sail” |
| verb | slacken “douse a rope” |
| verb | cover with liquid; pour liquid onto “souse water on his hot face” |
| dip | noun | a brief swim in water |
| ducking | noun | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| Dunkard | noun | an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) |
| dipper | noun | a ladle that has a cup with a long handle |
| souse | noun | the act of making something completely wet |
| plunge | noun | a brief swim in water |
| plunger | noun | hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains |
| dousing | noun | the act of wetting something by submerging it |
| soaker | noun | a heavy rain |
| soaking | noun | the act of making something completely wet |
| sousing | noun | the act of making something completely wet |