Maana ya kamusi ya neno "douse" ni kutumbukia ndani ya maji au kuzima kitu kwa kumwaga maji au umajimaji mwingine juu yake. Inaweza pia kumaanisha kulowesha au kuloweka kitu kwa kimiminika. Zaidi ya hayo, "douse" inaweza kutumika kuelezea kitendo cha kuzima moto au mwanga, kwa kawaida kwa kutupa maji juu yake. Kwa maana ya kitamathali, "douse" inaweza kumaanisha kukandamiza au kutuliza kitu, kama vile hisia au hisia.
1. Was Dean Terry motivating me to mix up some lemonade and douse it over my enemy-turned-boss?
2. However, the thought of her brother watching them from a window served as the douse of cold water he needed.
3. Many of the villagers braved the cold night air to start fires and throw rocks and chunks of ice at the knights as they attempted to douse them.
4. It took a couple of seconds for the body underneath to register what was happening, long enough for John to pull the knife out and douse their screams in a flood of blood brought from a swift stroke to the neck.
5. Olivia would happily stick a jagged knife in her eye or douse her in kerosene and strike a match.
6. I perceived some commotion coming from inside the inn, in what was probably a few casters trying to douse the vibrant flames with water spells.
7. A few have torches, which they douse with gasoline.