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English noun: souse | |||
| 1. | souse (person) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | ||
| Synonyms | alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino | ||
| 2. | souse (food) pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sausage | ||
| 3. | souse (act) the act of making something completely wet | ||
| Samples | He gave it a good drenching. | ||
| Synonyms | drenching, soaking, sousing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wetting | ||
English verb: souse | |||
| 1. | souse (change) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | ||
| Samples | Souse water on his hot face. | ||
| Synonyms | douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bate, bedraggle, brine, draggle, flush, ret, sluice | ||
| 2. | souse (contact) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | ||
| Samples | Dip the garment into the cleaning solution. Dip the brush into the paint. | ||
| Synonyms | dip, douse, dunk, plunge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immerse, plunge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dabble, dip, douse, duck, sop | ||
| 3. | souse (consumption) become drunk or drink excessively | ||
| Synonyms | hit it up, inebriate, soak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | booze, drink, fuddle | ||
| 4. | souse (change) cook in a marinade | ||
| Samples | Souse herring. | ||
| Examples | The chefs souse the vegetables | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cook | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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