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| NOUN | 1 | dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy | Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod |
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| VERB | 1 | dowse, douse | Wet thoroughly |
| 2 | dowse | Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal | |
| 3 | dowse, douse | Slacken | |
| 4 | dowse, drench, douse, soak, sop, souse | Cover with liquid |
| Sounds | daw's |
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| Rhymes | alehouse, blouse, boardinghouse, and 49 more rhymes in aws... |
| Meaning | Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod. |
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| Synonyms | dowsing, rhabdomancy |
| Broader | divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling |
| Verbs | dowse |
| Meaning | Wet thoroughly. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Model | Water and alcohol dowse the cloth |
| Synonyms | douse |
| Broader | wet |
| Meaning | Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | divine |
| Nouns | dowser; dowser; dowse, dowsing |
| Meaning | Slacken. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | douse |
| Broader | slacken, remit |
| Meaning | Cover with liquid. Pour liquid onto. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Model | They dowse the cloth with water and alcohol |
| Synonyms | drench, douse, soak, sop, souse |
| Broader | wet |
| Narrower | brine; bedraggle, draggle; bate; ret; sluice, flush |
| Entailed by | macerate |
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