| NOUN | cognition | dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy | searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod |
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| VERB | stative | dowse, douse | wet thoroughly |
| contact | dowse | use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal | |
| change | dowse, douse | slacken | |
| change | dowse, drench, douse, soak, sop, souse | cover with liquid / liquid |
| Sounds | daw's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with 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 | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
| Spanish | radiestesia | |
| Verbs | dowse | use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal |
| Meaning | wet thoroughly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Model | Water and alcohol dowse the cloth | |
| Synonym | douse | |
| Broader | wet | Cause to become wet |
| Spanish | empapar | |
| Meaning | Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | divine | search by divining, as if with a rod |
| Nouns | dowse, dowsing | searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod |
| dowser | forked stick that is said to dip / dip down to indicate underground water or oil | |
| dowser | someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water | |
| Meaning | slacken. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | douse | |
| Broader | slacken, remit | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness |
| Spanish | aflojar | |
| Catalan | apagar, mullar | |
| Meaning | Cover with liquid / liquid; pour liquid / 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 | |
| Entailed by | macerate | soften, usually by steeping in liquid / liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result |
| Narrower | bate | soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments |
| bedraggle, draggle | make wet and dirty, as from rain | |
| brine | soak in brine | |
| ret | place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid / liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue | |
| sluice, flush | irrigate with water from a sluice | |
| Broader | wet | Cause to become wet |
| Spanish | absorber, bañar, empapar, lavar, mojar, remojar | |
| Catalan | absorbir, mullar, remullar, rentar, xopar | |
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