| Noun | 1. | dowse - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | |
| Verb | 1. | dowse - wet thoroughlywet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" | |
| 2. | dowse - use a divining rod in search of underground water or metaldivine - search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water" | |
| 3. | dowse - slacken; "douse a rope"slacken, remit - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | |
| 4. | dowse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face" 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" | |