(dau̇s)

(metallurgy) To thrust a hot piece of metal into a liquid during the hardening process.
(mining engineering) To locate and delineate subsurface resources such as water, oil, gas, or minerals.

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verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid: dip, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse. See enter/exit.
2. To make thoroughly wet: drench, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wet. See dry/wet.
3. To cause to stop burning or giving light: extinguish, put out, quench, snuff out. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: drench, extinguish with liquid
Antonyms: dry

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[dows] also dowse

v. 1. extinguish (a fire or light): stewards appeared and the fire was doused.

2. Sailing lower (a sail) quickly.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To extinguish with water.

He had to douse the flames whenever he heard planes approaching.

Tutor's tip: You could "dowse" (to search for water or minerals with a special stick) for water in the desert if you want to "douse" (to make wet) your head when you get hot.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - overøse, dyppe i vand, kaste i vandet, slukke, tage ned, kaste los, lukke
v. intr. - falde i vandet
n. - slag

2.
v. tr. - overøse med vand, sjaske til, komme i vand, slukke (et lys)
v. intr. - søge vand med pilekvist

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdompelen, uitdoen, water gooien over, strijken (zeil), wilde duif

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - plonger/tremper (qch) dans l'eau, arroser/asperger (qn) d'eau, éteindre (la lumière, le feu)
v. intr. - immerger, plonger dans
n. - immersion

2.
v. tr. - pratiquer la radiesthésie (pour chercher de l'or, etc)
v. intr. - pratiquer la radiesthésie (pour chercher de l'or, etc)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - löschen, ausmachen, eintauchen, übergießen
n. - Eintauchen, Untertauchen, Schlag

2.
v. - mit der Wünschelrute suchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταβρέχω

Italiano (Italian)
smorzare, spegnere, immergere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mergulhar, tirar chapéu (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
гасить, заливать водой

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - extinguir, apagar, desconectar, mojar, arriar, empapar, remojar, echar agua
v. intr. - caerse al agua
n. - golpe, mojadura

2.
v. tr. - buscar, acurrullar, enrollar
v. intr. - buscar bajo la tierra

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - doppa (i vatten), släcka (ljus)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
插入水中, 弄湿, 把弄熄, 浸泡, 泼洒

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 插入水中, 弄濕, 把弄熄
v. intr. - 浸泡
n. - 潑灑

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 물속에 처박다, 끼얹다, (불을) 끄다
v. intr. - (물에) 쳐박히다
n. - 소등, (물에) 쳐박힘

2.
v. tr. - 점치는 막대기로 수맥을 찾다
v. intr. - (수맥을) 찾다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 水中に突っ込む, 水をかける, 消す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغطس ( شئ) في الماء, يرش الماء على شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטביל, התיז, כיבה, הנמיך (מפרש), סגר (אשנב)‬
v. intr. - ‮הטביל או טבל בנוזל‬
n. - ‮מכה‬
v. intr. - ‮חיפש מים, מתכות וכו' מתחת לקרקע באמצעות מטה-ניחוש (ענף) בצורת Y‬
v. tr. - ‮חיפש אוצרות תת-קרקעיים באמצעות מטה-ניחוש‬

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