douse in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   dunk  dip  souse  plunge  douse 
   
2. dip into a liquid
   "He dipped into the pool"
   dip  douse  duck 
   
3. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "souse water on his hot face"
   drench  douse  dowse  soak  sop  souse 
   
4. slacken
   "douse a rope"
   douse  dowse 
   
5. lower quickly
   "douse a sail"
   douse 
   
6. wet thoroughly
   douse  dowse 
   
7. put out, as of a candle or a light
   "Douse the lights"
   douse  put out