Verb: dowse dawz
- Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
"The farmer dowsed for water before digging a new well"
- Wet thoroughly
"He dowsed the flames with a bucket of water";
- douse
- Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
"She dowsed the plants with water";
- drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
- Slacken
"dowse a rope";
- douse
Derived forms: dowsing, dowses, dowsed
Type of: divine, remit, slacken, wet
Encyclopedia: Dowse, Sara