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douse+(verb)

  • 1 douse

    transitive verb
    1) (extinguish) ausmachen [Licht, Kerze, Feuer]
    2) (throw water on) übergießen [Feuer, Flamme, Menschen]
    * * *
    [daʊs]
    vt
    1. (drench)
    ▪ to \douse sth in [or with] sth liquid, petrol etw über etw akk schütten, etw mit etw dat übergießen
    ▪ to \douse sth etw ausmachen; fire etw löschen
    \douse the light! mach das Licht aus!
    * * *
    [daʊs]
    vt
    1) (= pour water over) Wasser schütten über (+acc); (= put into water) ins Wasser tauchen; plants reichlich wässern

    to douse sb/sth in or with petrol — jdn/etw mit Benzin übergießen

    2) light ausmachen, löschen
    * * *
    douse [daʊs] v/t
    1. a) ins Wasser tauchen, eintauchen (in in akk), Wäsche etc einweichen
    b) Wasser schütten über (akk), übergießen ( with mit)
    2. umg das Licht etc auslöschen, ausmachen
    3. SCHIFF
    a) das Segel laufen lassen
    b) das Tauende loswerfen
    c) eine Luke schließen
    * * *
    transitive verb
    1) (extinguish) ausmachen [Licht, Kerze, Feuer]
    2) (throw water on) übergießen [Feuer, Flamme, Menschen]
    * * *
    v.
    begießen v.

    English-german dictionary > douse

См. также в других словарях:

  • douse — douse, dowse Three verbs are involved here: (1) douse, pronounced like the noun house, meaning ‘to doff (a hat etc.)’, (2) douse, pronounced like the first one and possibly related to it, meaning ‘to plunge into water’, and (3) dowse, pronounced… …   Modern English usage

  • douse — (also dowse) ► VERB 1) drench with liquid. 2) extinguish (a fire or light). ORIGIN perhaps imitative, influenced by SOUSE(Cf. ↑souse), or perhaps from dialect douse strike, beat …   English terms dictionary

  • douse — verb /daʊs/ a) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. b) To strike or lower in haste; …   Wiktionary

  • douse — verb Douse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fire, ↑flame …   Collocations dictionary

  • douse — [ daus ] verb transitive 1. ) to cover something or someone with a liquid, especially water or fuel 2. ) to make a fire stop burning by pouring water over it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • douse — verb 1) a mob doused the thieves with petrol Syn: drench, soak, saturate, wet 2) a guard doused the flames Syn: extinguish, put out, quench, smother …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • douse — I. verb also dowse (doused; also dowsed; dousing; also dowsing) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete English douse to smite Date: 1600 transitive verb 1. to plunge into water 2. a. to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • douse — [[t]da͟ʊs[/t]] douses, dousing, doused also dowse 1) VERB If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it. [V n] The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water. 2) VERB If you douse someone or… …   English dictionary

  • douse — [c]/daʊs / (say dows) verb (doused, dousing) –verb (t) 1. to plunge into water or the like; drench: to douse someone with water. 2. Colloquial to put out or extinguish (a light). 3. Colloquial to take off or doff. 4. Nautical to lower in haste,… …  

  • douse — UK [daʊs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms douse : present tense I/you/we/they douse he/she/it douses present participle dousing past tense doused past participle doused 1) to cover something or someone with a liquid, especially water or fuel 2) …   English dictionary

  • douse — [daʊs] (also dowse) verb 1》 drench with liquid. 2》 extinguish (a fire or light). 3》 Sailing lower (a sail) quickly. Origin C17: perh. imitative, influenced by souse, or perh. from dialect douse strike, beat , from MDu. and Low Ger. dossen …   English new terms dictionary

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