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doused
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not possible; gone |
| Synonyms: | absent, antiquated, at an end, away, behind the times, cold, dated, dead, demode, doused, ended, exhausted, expired, extinguished, finished, impossible, not allowed, not on, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, outside, passé, ruled out, unacceptable, unfashionable, used up |
| Antonyms: | here, in, possible |
| Main Entry: | watery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liquid, diluted |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, anemic, aqueous, bloodless, colorless, damp, dilute, doused, flavorless, fluid, humid, insipid, marshy, moist, pale, runny, serous, sodden, soggy, tasteless, thin, washed, water-logged, watered-down, waterlike, weak, wet |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, dehydrated, dry, solid |
| Main Entry: | dipped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immersed |
| Synonyms: | bathed, coated, covered, doused, drenched, dunked, plunged, soaked, soused, steeped, wet |
| Main Entry: | watered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given water |
| Synonyms: | bathed, doused, drenched, flooded, hosed, irrigated, quenched, showered, sprayed, sprinkled, washed, wet, wetted |
| Antonyms: | dry, thirsty |
| Main Entry: | bathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash with water and, usually, soap |
| Synonyms: | bath, clean, cleanse, dip, douse, dunk, flood, hose, imbathe, imbue, immerse, moisten, rinse, scour, scrub, shower, soak, soap, sponge, steep, submerge, suffuse, tub, water, wet |
| Notes: | bath (noun) is the act of soaking or cleansing the body while bathe (verb) is to take a bath |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate with water |
| Synonyms: | douse, drench, drown, engulf, flood, flush, gush, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, pour, sluice, soak, sop, souse, stream, submerge, swamp, wet, whelm |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into liquid |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, immerse, irrigate, lave, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | drench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wet thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerse, impregnate, inundate, pour, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, submerge, teem |
| Antonyms: | dry, parch |
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