douse

Definitions


[daʊs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pour a liquid over; drench
(e.g: he doused the car with petrol and set it on fire)

- extinguish (a fire or light)
(e.g: stewards appeared and the fire was doused)

- lower (a sail) quickly


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps imitative; compare souse




definition by Oxford Dictionaries