(v. t.) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.
(v. t.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
(v. i.) To fall suddenly into water.
(v. t.) To put out; to extinguish.
Example Sentences:
(1) It has brought waves of Australian diplomats and functionaries implementing strategies to douse local disgruntlement at the profound social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts their operation has brought.
(2) In London there are generally four types of rock show: the billions of pub gigs where 20 of the band's mates try to convince you there's still a future in grindie; the arena and stadium blowouts where it's customary to express one's appreciation of the band by dousing one's peers in airborne urine; the east London artronica happenings where everyone's only watching everyone else; and the gigs in Hyde Park you can't hear.
(3) Hayes-White said first responders told her they saw people at the edge of the bay dousing themselves with water, possibly to cool burn injuries.
(4) One by one, the rain having slowed, the men turn the bucket's plastic tap and douse their hands in the life-saving water.
(5) El Niño, the weather system which often douses the western US, has returned after a five-year absence but promises little relief.
(6) Cameron has spent much of a three-day visit to the US battling to douse the Eurosceptic fires caused by the rise of Ukip.
(7) There are gates cleverly constructed from plastic crates and mail boxes fashioned from a oil cans, all liberally doused in bright blues and pinks, greens and yellows, tying each assemblage into a carefully crafted home.
(8) We buy – and companies supply – food doused in high-fructose corn syrup, delivering a sugar high that is hard to resist, but devoid of nutrition.
(9) Security forces shot him before they doused the flames.
(10) According to his lawyers , he was forced to stay awake for nine days, denied food, doused in freezing water and made to stand on concrete in the winter for 16 hours.
(11) Surely any warm glow we might feel about HMV nostalgia deserves dousing with the news that gift vouchers some bought at the shop over Christmas are now invalid .
(12) Fire engines stood by to douse flames, including in one shop that was set on fire, but the protests appear to have ended without deaths or significant injuries, unlike previous violent protests against the burning of copies of the Qur'an by a US pastor and US troops, when several people died.
(13) Smoke billows into the air as a firefighter douses the fire at the Glasgow School of Art's Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.
(14) The video appeared to show vulnerable residents being pinned down, slapped, doused in water and taunted.
(15) Rahman had been left in a cold cell, stripped from the waist down and had been doused in water, according to reports from the Associated Press .
(16) The drama bounces from Texas to Mississippi on the cusp of the civil war, effects a shotgun wedding of 60s spaghetti western with 70s "slavesploitation" and douses the magnolia in arterial blood.
(17) A kung pao chicken appetizer was made with chicken McNuggets doused in sweet and sour sauce and garnished with parsley.
(18) When Scotland got their goal back it could have been a bit edgy, but we responded fantastically and it was very special for me to score two goals for England in Scotland at Celtic Park.” Gordon Strachan admitted his players had been “spooked” by England’s energetic opening as they slipped to only a second defeat in 11 games to douse some of the optimism generated by Friday’s victory over the Republic of Ireland .
(19) Mirallas and Naismith were involved again as Everton doused any hope Arsenal had of salvaging pride in the second half.
(20) As Indonesia deployed planes and a fourth helicopter to help douse the fires in Riau province, Sumatra, much of southern Malaysia was shrouded in thick smog.
Ouse
Definition:
(n. & v.) See Ooze.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It is almost as dangerous to be an ABT member as it is to encounter one," the Anti-Defamation League study says.
(2) The brains of monke guinea pigs asphyxiated at birth pletely resuscitated, and killed a ous times thereafter revealed no chial hemorrhages.
(3) Otherwise, just a mile or so north, in Newton-on- Ouse, there's the Dawnay Arms , an excellent gastropub.
(4) The path continues along the tree line, following the river Ouse south.
(5) Lane restrictions apply.” High-sided vehicles were also advised to avoid using the Ouse bridge on the M62 in Yorkshire.
(6) Five flood warnings were in place on Sunday for the north-east, with properties at risk from rising water levels in a number of rivers including the Ouse in York.
(7) The Ouse Washes reserve, part of the flood relief system for the Great Ouse river, was hit by flooding after the Environment Agency was forced to open sluices on to the washes to prevent floods elsewhere on the 150-mile river catchment.
(8) In York, the Ouse broke its banks, engulfing buildings in the city centre.
(9) The original working group has now formed itself into the Ouse Valley Energy Services Company Ltd, and with the help of government grants is rolling out subsidised renewable energy technologies across the area.
(10) The Humber Bridge and the M62 over the Ouse Bridge, near Howden, were both closed to high-sided vehicles.
(11) All are areas familiar with flooding, including Keswick campsite in Cumbria, the Ouse in central York and the Derwent at Stamford Bridge – site of the celebrated battle in 1066.
(12) He said the short-term impacts on the river Ouse would be minimal but measures had been put in place to protect the environment.
(13) The importance of this lies not only in the understanding of skilled manipulative activity but also in the avoidance of overuse syndrome (OUS) or repetitive strain injury (RSI).
(14) The RSPB said the agency was trying to find replacement land that could be managed for the birds to nest in, taking pressure off the Ouse Washes, an internationally important "special protected area" for birds.
(15) The estuaries and lower reaches of the Rivers Thames, Great Ouse, Severn and Broadlands are prone to the invasion of up to 20 different invasive Ponto-Caspian species and for this reason are considered potential hot-spots of invasion.
(16) The wine, the food, the excellent transport systems, the clogs ... and the greatest golfers in the world”, great European rivers “like the Rhine ... or the Ouse”, and even quotes a 2 Unlimited lyric.
(17) The occurrence of cervical cancer among 511 inmates of the Detroit H ouse of Correction was investigated.
(18) Environment Agency flood warnings were in force on the river Ouse at Naburn near York and at Keswick on Derwentwater in Cumbria and there were a further 32 alerts to the possibility of flooding in England and Wales, 17 of them in south-west England.
(19) During surgery, three adenomat--ous polyps were found; three Leionas and one Neurnoma.
(20) The source of infections was so-called special public bath-ouse which accounted for about 31.8% of all cases which however, was lower than the 50% in Honshu island.