verb
definition
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
definition
To fall suddenly into water.
definition
To put out; to extinguish.
verb
definition
To strike, beat, or thrash.
definition
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
example
Douse the topsail!
Examples of doused in a Sentence
Dean doused them in enough Parmesan cheese that they looked like Mount Abrams in February.
Instead, she slipped into bed, and in spite of the early hour, doused the lights and asked that any talk wait until morning.
Puppy pads are plastic backed pads that are doused in a scent that is not detectable to humans, but it can be smelled by dogs.
One sugar cube doused with some bitters - You'll find bitters in the liquor aisle of your favorite store.
Leo is a fire sign, and his passion can flare as easily as a fire doused with gasoline.
Hopefully, Cynthia thought as she left, not 'third bottle' pork chops—meat doused with a shake from every third container on the spice rack.
Our fire fighting equipment quickly doused the fire, and the family were taken back to Cowes.
Her mother always had echinacea at home and doused the wound in liberal amounts of the tincture.
While the beef may be eating from a pasture that has been doused with herbicides and chemical fertilizers, the likelihood is small.
You can make your dish as simple as chopped watermelon or a more complex mixture of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries doused with mint and lemon juice.
A curmudgeon, Bobby's interactions are often humorous and doused in salt of the earth.
Mr Johnson's friend and employer, Jack Sheridan, was doused with gasoline and set alight on February 3, 1975.
Cooked fresh cockles have a flavor quite unlike those which have been doused in vinegar - a real taste of the sea.
No, choice is a large, lifeless herring that has been liberally doused in scarlet.
He then doused a valiant Stoke fight-back with a third to seal a 3-1 win for Derby.
Hopefully, Cynthia thought as she left, not 'third bottle' pork chops—meat doused with a shake from every third container on the spice rack.