dousing
present participle ofdouse
douse
verb[T]
(alsodowse)uk/daʊs/us/daʊs/to make something or someonewetbythrowinga lot ofliquidover it, him, or her:
Wewatchedasdemonstratorsdoused acarin/withpetroland set italight.
tostopafireorlightfromburningorshining,especiallyby puttingwateron it or bycoveringit with something
Wet weather & wetness
- clamminess
- damp
- dampness
- dankness
- dreich
- drench
- drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
- moist
- moisten
- monsoon
- saturate
- saturated
- soak
- soggily
- sogginess
- spongy
- sun shower
- waterlogged
- wetly
- wetness
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dousing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
People who are acquainted with the subject say that herring can be preserved bydousingthem in salt and then putting them into cold storage.
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In the same perioddousingbenefit was substituted for rent and rate rebates, and we all know of the disastrous effects of that change, which are continuing.
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The effects ofdousingare usually more intense and longer lasting than just a cold shower.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For some,dousingaccompanies fasting (absence of all food and water) as an alternate means for the body to obtain water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The icon is then paraded around the town while locals take turns indousingthe saint and devotees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Preferences include being barefoot outside on the earth, and performingdousingat certain times and more frequently when ill.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the hottest time of the year and a gooddousingis welcomed by most.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the 1984 season, only the word water led to adousingor watering; the word wet no longer did so.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vinegardousingincreases toxin delivery and worsens symptoms of stings from the nematocysts of this species.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Firefighters soon arrived on the scene and starteddousingthe blaze with water in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gomi is notorious fordousinghis enemies as well as innocent bystanders with toxic sludge as an act of vandalism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although successful indousingthe flames, he later died of smoke inhalation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterdousingthemselves with an unpredictable water hose, they assemble the ingredients for a five gallon batch of beer in the huge tank.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traditionally, the combatants would resort to dirty tricks to win, includingdousingthe opposing team with a shower of ancient eggs and flour.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterdousinghimself again, he manages to escape the local predators with mostly minor injuries.
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