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Dowse Very Common

Dowse has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

2

Alternative form of douse (“stroke”)

Verb
1

wet thoroughly

2

use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal

3

slacken

"douse a rope"

4

cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

"souse water on his hot face"

5

Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”)

6

Alternative form of douse (“to strike”)

7

To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
divination wet divine slacken
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
brine bedraggle bate ret sluice
Rhyming Words
wse hawse tawse bowse towse blowse browse drowse growse prowse bedrowse bene bowse overbrowse
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