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English noun: dowse | |||
| 1. | dowse (cognition) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | ||
| Synonyms | dowsing, rhabdomancy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying | ||
English verb: dowse | |||
| 1. | dowse (stative) wet thoroughly | ||
| Examples | Water and alcohol dowse the cloth | ||
| Synonyms | douse | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wet | ||
| 2. | dowse (contact) use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divine | ||
| 3. | dowse (change) slacken | ||
| Samples | Douse a rope. | ||
| Synonyms | douse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remit, slacken | ||
| 4. | dowse (change) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | ||
| Samples | Souse water on his hot face. | ||
| Examples | They dowse the cloth with water and alcohol | ||
| Synonyms | douse, drench, soak, sop, souse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bate, bedraggle, brine, draggle, flush, ret, sluice | ||
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