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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun dowse has 1 sense

• dowse(n = noun.cognition) dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod; Array
is a kind of divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying
Derived form verb dowse₂

Verb dowse has 4 senses

• dowse(v = verb.stative) douse - wet thoroughly; Array
is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
Water and alcohol dowse the cloth

• dowse(v = verb.contact) Array - use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal; Array
is one way to divine
Derived forms noun dowse₁, noun dowser₂, noun dowser₁, noun dowsing₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• dowse(v = verb.change) douse - slacken; "douse a rope"
is one way to remit, slacken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• dowse(v = verb.change) douse, drench, soak, sop, souse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
is one way to wet
Sample sentence:
They dowse the cloth with water and alcohol

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ROGET THESAURUS

dowse

Impulse

N impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.

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