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SOUSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something completely wet

Example:

he gave it a good drenching

Synonyms:

drenching; soaking; souse; sousing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

souse (cover with liquid; pour liquid onto)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)

Derivation:

souse (cook in a marinade)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Synonyms:

alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; lush; soaker; souse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

drunk; drunkard; inebriate; rummy; sot; wino (a chronic drinker)

Derivation:

souse (become drunk or drink excessively)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

Example:

souse water on his hot face

Synonyms:

douse; dowse; drench; soak; sop; souse

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "souse"):

brine (soak in brine)

bedraggle; draggle (make wet and dirty, as from rain)

bate (soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments)

ret (place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue)

flush; sluice (irrigate with water from a sluice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

souse; sousing (the act of making something completely wet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cook in a marinade

Example:

souse herring

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs souse the vegetables

Derivation:

souse (pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become drunk or drink excessively

Synonyms:

hit it up; inebriate; soak; souse

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

souse (a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Example:

dip the brush into the paint

Synonyms:

dip; douse; dunk; plunge; souse

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "souse" is one way to...):

immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "souse"):

sop (dip into liquid)

dip; douse; duck (dip into a liquid)

dabble (dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

souse (the act of making something completely wet)

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