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DOUSING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of wetting something by submerging it

Synonyms:

dousing; ducking; immersion; submersion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dousing" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

douse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb douse

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