blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out - put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

dip, dunk, souse, douse, plunge - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"

sop - dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"

immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"

douse, duck, dip - dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"

dabble - dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid

furl, roll up - form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"

slacken, remit - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

brine - soak in brine

bedraggle - make wet and dirty, as from rain

bate - soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"

ret - of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue

sluice, flush - irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"