"dowsing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dowsings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dowsing (countable and uncountable, plural dowsings)
  1. The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Wicca Synonyms: divining, water divining, water witching Derived forms: dowsing rod Translations (water-seeking practice): 探尋水源 (Chinese Mandarin), 探寻水源 (tànxún shuǐyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 尋水術 (Chinese Mandarin), 寻水术 (xúnshuǐshù) (Chinese Mandarin), proutkaření [neuter] (Czech), kvistgang [common-gender] (Danish), kaivonkatsominen (Finnish), rhabdomancie [feminine] (French), rabdomancia [feminine] (Galician), Wünschelrutengehen [neuter] (German), υδροσκοπία (ydroskopía) [feminine] (Greek), rabdomanzia [feminine] (Italian), ダウジング (daujingu) (Japanese), лозоиска́тельство (lozoiskátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), лозохо́дство (lozoxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), биолока́ция (biolokácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dowsing-en-noun-x-v2PARA Disambiguation of Wicca: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dowsing
  1. present participle and gerund of dowse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dowse Categories (topical): Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-dowsing-en-verb-~p2K3RLB Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 45 55

Inflected forms

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