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douse$22813$ - translation to greek
PRACTICE OF MAKING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WET BY THROWING LIQUID OVER THEM
Douse; Douses; Doused; Douser; Dousers
douse
v. βουτώ, βρέχω, βρέχομαι
Definition
douse
also dowse
(douses, dousing, doused)
1.
If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
VERB: V n
2.
If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
VERB: V n with/in n
Wikipedia
Dousing
Dousing is the practice of making something or someone wet by throwing liquid over them, e.g., by pouring water, generally cold, over oneself. A related practice is ice swimming. Some consider cold water dousing to be a form of asceticism.
