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The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:", "text": "swing i' th'air, or douse in water", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To fall suddenly into water." ], "id": "en-douse-en-verb-4Ox~JoN2", "links": [ [ "fall", "fall" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water." ], "tags": [ "intransitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "21 78 1", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "fall suddenly into water", "word": "pudota veteen" }, { "_dis1": "21 78 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "fall suddenly into water", "word": "plumpsen" }, { "_dis1": "21 78 1", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "fall suddenly into water", "word": "platschen" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "8 5 7 3 57 15 6", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 10 11 3 45 12 9", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 8 10 3 49 11 8", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 8 10 4 50 11 8", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 9 6 77", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 12 8 69", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Czech translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "13 13 11 62", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Dutch translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 6 9 3 55 11 7", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Finnish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 12 11 65", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 6 9 4 57 8 7", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 11 7 70", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Maori translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 11 7 71", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 11 7 70", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Romanian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 11 9 70", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 11 10 66", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Spanish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "9 4 34 6 34 9 4", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Liquids", "orig": "en:Liquids", "parents": [ "Matter", "Chemistry", "Nature", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1999, Arthur D. Jacobs, The Prison Called Hohenasperg:", "text": "The man who doused the fire was told to put the remainder of the coal into the bucket and then give the bucket to the soldier.", "type": "quote" }, { "text": "Kelly Henderson, Your Mythic Spirit Guide: Spirituality for a Creative Life\nOnce you feel confident in your visualizations, you may douse the candle by blowing it out." }, { "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:", "text": "Now he rushed to the platform edge carrying a full fire bucket, in a forlorn attempt to douse the flames as the now brightly burning wagon rolled past.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To put out; to extinguish." ], "id": "en-douse-en-verb-en2Oc5Jj", "links": [ [ "put out", "put out" ], [ "extinguish", "extinguish" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To put out; to extinguish." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "gasja", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "гася" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "uhasit" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "doven" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "uitdoen" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "uitdoven" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "sammuttaa" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "löschen" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "auslöschen" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "toutou" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "tinei" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "english": "extinguish", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tušítʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "туши́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "potušítʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "потуши́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "gasítʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "гаси́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pogasítʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "погаси́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "english": "pour water", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "oblivátʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "облива́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "oblítʹ", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "обли́ть" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "apagar" }, { "_dis1": "1 0 99", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "put out; extinguish", "word": "extinguir" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "daus" }, { "ipa": "/daʊs/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-douse.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-douse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-douse.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-douse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-douse.wav.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-aʊs" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "dowse" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "douze" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "word": "douce" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0", "tags": [ "nonstandard", "obsolete" ], "word": "dause" } ], "word": "douse" } { "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmq", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "North Germanic", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "dunsa", "3": "", "4": "to plumb down, fall clumsily" }, "expansion": "Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "dunse", "3": "", "4": "to thump" }, "expansion": "Danish dunse (“to thump”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "dwǣsċan", "t": "to extinguish" }, "expansion": "Old English dwǣsċan (“to extinguish”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa (“to plumb down, fall clumsily”), Danish dunse (“to thump”). 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