Verb
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cover with liquid
pour liquid onto
"souse water on his hot face"
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slacken
"douse a rope"
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lower quickly
"douse a sail"
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immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
"dip the brush into the paint"
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dip into a liquid
"He dipped into the pool"
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wet thoroughly
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put out, as of a candle or a light
"Douse the lights"
- put out