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DOUSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of wetting something by submerging it
Synonyms:
dousing; ducking; immersion; submersion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dousing" is a kind of...):
wetting (the act of making something wet)
Derivation:
douse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb douse