From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
douse
v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
[syn: douse, put out]
2: wet thoroughly [syn: douse, dowse]
3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip,
douse, duck]
4: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or
saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip
the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse,
plunge, douse]
5: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: douse, dowse]
7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop,
souse]