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“douse”
douse, dowse
douse (DOUS) (verb)
1. To wet thoroughly; to drench: "Carmela will douse her hair with warm water before she shampoos it."
2. To put out (a light or fire); to extinguish: "Burton, don't forget to douse your campfire before leaving the camp ground."
2. To put out (a light or fire); to extinguish: "Burton, don't forget to douse your campfire before leaving the camp ground."
dowse (DOUZ) (verb)
To use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals: "Kendrick used a willow branch to dowse for water on the farmer's land."
When Scotty and Shauna went camping, they tried to dowse for water because they needed lots of water to douse the campfire and to douse thier faces, etc. in the morning.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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