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dowse


I - noun
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Syn:
dowsing, rhabdomancy
Derivationally related forms:
rhabdomancer (for: rhabdomancy), dowse (for: dowsing)
Hypernyms:
divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

II - verb
1. wet thoroughly
Syn:
douse
Hypernyms:
wet
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Water and alcohol dowse the cloth
2. use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
Derivationally related forms:
dowser, dowsing
Hypernyms:
divine
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. slacken
- douse a rope
Syn:
douse
Hypernyms:
slacken, remit
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. cover with liquid;
pour liquid onto
- souse water on his hot face
Syn:
drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
Derivationally related forms:
souse (for: souse), sousing (for: souse), soaker (for: soak), soaking (for: soak)
Hypernyms:
wet
Hyponyms:
brine, bedraggle, draggle, bate, ret,
sluice, flush
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They dowse the cloth with water and alcohol

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